Bishop John Mario Mesa Palacio

Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1966		Born
23 Nov 1993	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
4 Dec 2025	59.4	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
24 Feb 2026	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
4 Mar 2026	59.7	Installed	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

MicroData Summary
John Mario Mesa Palacio
Bishop John Mario Mesa Palacio
(born 8 Jun 1966)
Vicar Apostolic of Leticia

Event Place
Birth Place Belmira, Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos
Ordained Priest Nuestra Señora de Chinquirá, Cathedral, Santa Rosa de Osos, Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora de las Misericordias, Basilica, Santa Rosa de Osos, Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Leticia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joaquín García Ordóñez †
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez
Bishop of Istmina-Tadó
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz
Titular Bishop of Chimaera
Bishop Luis Albeiro Maldonado Monsalve
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Mario de Jesús Álvarez Gómez (2018)
Bishop of Istmina-Tadó
Archbishop Ettore Balestrero (2013)
Titular Archbishop of Victoriana
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q137210356

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 4 Dec 2025
ob/i: CB, 7 Dec 2025
c2+: CB, 24 Feb 2026

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