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Hernán Alvarado Solano
Hernán Alvarado Solano (January 26, 1946 – January 31, 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia. As a young boy, he studied at the Minor Seminary Nuestra Señora de la Asunción of Zipaquirá. He was a quiet boy with a strong and firm character. He was observant of the world around him. He studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Bogotá Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi .... Ordained in 1971, Hernán Alvarado Solano was appointed in 2001as bishop of the Vicar Apostolic of Guapi. When he died, he was bishop of his mission territory, a remote area of Colombia, cultural and politically. Notes 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia 1946 births 2011 deaths Major Seminary of Bogotá alumni R ...
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The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upon whom primacy ...
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