Bishop Óscar José Vélez Isaza, C.M.F.

Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

Motto: El Amor De Cristo Nos Urge

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1951		Born
2 Feb 1974	22.2	First Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
8 Dec 1975	24.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
12 Dec 1975	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
10 Jun 2003	51.5	Appointed	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
19 Jul 2003	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
23 Aug 2003	51.8	Installed	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Óscar José Vélez Isaza
Bishop Óscar José Vélez Isaza C.M.F.
(born 4 Nov 1951)
Bishop of Valledupar

Ad Limina - June 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pensilvania, Caldas
Ordained Priest Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, Church, Cali

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Valledupar.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. †
Archbishop of Medellín
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Beniamino Stella
Titular Archbishop of Midila
Bishop Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, C.M.F. †
Titular Bishop of Stagnum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. † (1974)
Archbishop of Medellín
Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque † (1951)
Archbishop of Bogotá
Archbishop Antonio Samorè † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz (2007)
Bishop Jesús Alberto Torres Ariza (2026)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Crispiano Clavijo Méndez (2015)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1279900

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,426
qcmf/loc: CB, 11 Sep 2026

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