Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga
| His Excellency Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga I.M.C. | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja | |
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| Appointed | 2 February 1998 |
| Term ended | 11 February 2020 |
| Predecessor | Augusto Trujillo Arango |
| Successor | Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos |
| Previous posts | Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo and Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae (1986–1998) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 December 1967 |
| Consecration | 29 November 1986 by Angelo Acerbi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 April 1942 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Died | 2 August 2022 (aged 80) Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (8 April 1942 – 2 August 2022) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate.
Biography
Castro Quiroga was born in Bogotá, Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He served as the titular bishop of Aquae Flaviae and the vicar apostolic of San Vicente from 1986 to 1998. He was appointed to serve as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja, Colombia from 1998 until his retirement in 2020.[1]
He died on 2 August 2022, at the age of eighty, as a result of COVID-19.
References
- Back to citation "Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.