Hernán Alvarado Solano
Hernán Alvarado Solano (January 26, 1946 – January 31, 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, 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 Car .... 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. Ordained in 1971, Hernán Alvarado Solano was appointed bishop of the Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2001 and died as the 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 Roman Cathol ...
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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . 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'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies located List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, Italy, Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicis ...
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