Mario Revollo Bravo
Mario Revollo Bravo | |
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Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá | |
Appointed | 25 June 1984 |
Term ended | 13 August 1994 |
Predecessor | Aníbal Muñoz Duque |
Successor | Pedro Rubiano Sáenz |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola (1988-95) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 31 October 1943 by Luigi Traglia |
Consecration | 2 December 1973 by Aníbal Muñoz Duque |
Created cardinal | 28 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Mario Revollo Bravo |
Born | 15 June 1919 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 3 November 1995 Bogotá, Colombia | (aged 76)
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Alma mater | |
Motto | Vis pacis |
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Mario Revollo Bravo (September 19, 1919 - November 3, 1995) was a cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá in the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography[]
Styles of Mario Revollo Bravo | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Bogotá |
Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained October 31, 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia. Pope Paul VI appointed him as an auxiliary bishop of Bogotá on November 13, 1973. He was elected as President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia in 1978, holding that position until 1984. He was transferred to the metropolitan see of Bogotá by Pope John Paul II on June 25, 1984.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed Revollo Bravo Cardinal-Priest of in the consistory 1988. He retired as Archbishop in 1994. He died in 1995.
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- 1919 births
- 1995 deaths
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Bogotá
- 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Colombia
- Colombian cardinals
- Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II
- Italian emigrants to Colombia
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- Roman Catholic bishops of Bogotá
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Nueva Pamplona
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