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Hernán Alvarado Solano

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Hernán Alvarado Solano
Vicar Apostolic of Guapi
Church Catholic Church
See Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi
In office 13 February 2001 – 31 January 2011
Predecessor Rafael Morales Duque
(as Prefect of Guapi)
Successor Carlos Correa Martínez
Other post Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania (2001-2011)
Orders
Ordination 4 December 1971
Consecration 24 March 2001
by Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal
Personal details
Born 26 January 1946
Bogotá, Colombia
Died 31 January 2011 (aged 65)

Hernán Alvarado Solano (26 January 1946 – 31 January 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate 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.

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.[1]

References

  1. Back to citation "Bishop Hernán Alvarado Solano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.