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Olavio López Duque

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Olavio López Duque
O.A.R.
Vicar Apostolic of Casanare
Church Catholic Church
See Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare
In office 30 May 1977 – 29 October 1999
Predecessor Arturo Salazar Mejía
Successor Vicariate suppressed
Other posts Titular Bishop of Strongoli (1977-2013)
Vicar General of Bogotá (2002-2009)
Apostolic Administrator of Yopal & Trinidad (1999-2001)
Orders
Ordination 30 October 1955
Consecration 7 August 1977
by Eduardo Martínez Somalo
Personal details
Born 6 February 1932
Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia
Died 11 June 2013 (aged 81)
Bogotá, Colombia

Olavio López Duque, O.A.R. (6 February 1932 – 11 June 2013) was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood on 30 October 1955, for the Augustinian Recollects, López Duque was named titular bishop of Strongoli and Vicar Apostolic of Casanare on 30 May 1977, and was ordained bishop on 7 August 1977. He resigned when the Vicariate Apostolic of Casanare was suppressed and became part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal.[1]

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