Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón (17 May 1937 – 2 December 2024) was a Colombian

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of the

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. He was Auxiliary Bishop of Cali,

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of Segia, Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Bishop of Engativá, and finally bishop ''

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'' of the latter. Gutierrez Pabón died in

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on 2 December 2024, at the age of 87.

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Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón at Catholic Hierarchy
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