Rodrigo Arango Velásquez
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Rodrigo Arango Velásquez
Rodrigo Arango Velásquez (March 4, 1925 – December 27, 2008) was the second Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Buga, Colombia. He was the first Colombian Bishop of the Sulpician order.[1]
Born in Betania, Colombia, he was ordain to the priesthood on June 3, 1950. On January 29, 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia and he was ordained a bishop on March 25, 1981. On January 17, 1985, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the Diocese of Buga. He retired on January 19, 2001.[2]
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- 1925 births
- 2008 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia
- Major Seminary of Bogotá faculty
- Sulpician bishops
- Roman Catholic bishops of Buga
- Roman Catholic bishops of Medellín
- Colombian Roman Catholic bishop stubs