Colombia

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
14 Dec 1941		Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales
15 Mar 1942		Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta
25 Jul 1942		Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio
15 Jun 1946		Bishop Eloy Tato Losada, I.E.M.E.	Bishop Emeritus of Magangué
27 Mar 1948		Archbishop Angelo Acerbi	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
20 Nov 1949		Bishop José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui	Bishop Emeritus of Valledupar
19 Mar 1950		Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo	Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber, Roman Curia
1 Nov 1951		Bishop Octavio Betancourt Arango	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón
26 Oct 1952		Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, Roman Curia
14 Feb 1954		Bishop Jorge García Isaza, C.M.	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tierradentro
26 May 1956		Bishop Libardo Ramírez Gómez	Bishop Emeritus of Garzón
8 Jul 1956		Pedro Cardinal Rubiano Sàenz	Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá
Most Junior
7 Aug 1999		Bishop Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
27 Nov 1993		Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
18 Sep 1993		Archbishop Ettore Balestrero	Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
1 Jul 1993		Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
30 Jan 1993		Bishop Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto	Bishop of Quibdó
28 Nov 1992		Bishop José Daniel Falla Robles	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali
16 Nov 1991		Bishop Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Bishop of Florencia
7 Dec 1990		Bishop Edgar Aristizábal Quintero	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
17 Feb 1990		Bishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, O.P.	Bishop of Tibú
23 Nov 1989		Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano
24 Nov 1987		Bishop Hugo Alberto Torres Marín	Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
2 Feb 1987		Bishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez	Bishop of Líbano-Honda

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