Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo (30 July 1938 – 25 February 2021) was a Colombian

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archbishop.

Biography

Sarasti Jaramillo was born in Cali, Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. He served as

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of ''Egara'' and as auxiliary bishop of the

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, Colombia, from 1978 to 1983. He then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja, Colombia from 1983 to 1993 and as archbishop of the

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, Colombia from 1993 to 2002. He served as archbishop of the Cali Archdiocese from 2002 to 2011. Sarasti Jaramillo died from complications from

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in his hometown of Cali during the

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on 25 February 2021, at the age of 82.

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