The Military Bishopric of Colombia ( es, Obispado Castrense de Colombia) is a

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of the

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. Immediately exempt to the

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, it provides

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to Catholics serving in the

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and their families.

History

It was first established as a military vicariate on 13 October 1949, with the first military vicar was appointed on 14 July 1950. It was elevated to a

on 21 July 1986. The military ordinary's

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is located at the Military Cathedral of Jesus Christ Redeemer (''Catedral Castrense Jesucristo Redentor'') in the city of

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

Office holders

Military vicars

Crisanto Luque Sánchez Crisanto Luque Sánchez (February 1, 1889 – May 7, 1959) was a Colombian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1950 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Biography C ...

(appointed 14 July 1950 – died 7 May 1959); elevated to Cardinal in 1953 *

Luis Concha Córdoba Luis Concha Córdoba (November 7, 1891—September 18, 1975) was a Colombian priest and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Concha served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1959 to 1972, before his elevation to the cardinalate in ...

(appointed 19 May 1959 – retired 29 July 1972); elevated to Cardinal in 1961 *

Aníbal Muñoz Duque Aníbal Muñoz Duque (3 October 1908 – 15 January 1987) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá. Biography He was born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia as the son of José María Muñoz and Ana Rosa Duque. He was educate ...

(appointed 30 July 1972 – retired 7 June 1985); elevated to Cardinal in 1973 * Mario Revollo Bravo (appointed 25 June 1984 – resigned 7 June 1985); future Cardinal (elevated in 1988) *

Víctor Manuel López Forero Víctor Manuel López Forero (29 March 1931 – 23 September 2023) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Socorro y San Gil from 1980 to 1985, archbishop of Nueva Pamplona from 1994 to 1998 and archbishop of B ...

(appointed 7 June 1985 – became military ordinary 21 July 1986); ''see below''

Military ordinaries

(appointed 21 July 1986 – translated to the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona 21 June 1994); ''see above'' * Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos (appointed 24 June 1997 – resigned 19 January 2001) * Fabio Suescún Mutis (appointed 19 January 2001 – retired 7 December 2020) * Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (incumbent, appointed 7 December 2020)

References

External links

Obispado Castrense de Colombia
(GCatholic.org) {{Coord missing, Colombia Christian organizations established in 1949

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...