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Rodrigo Arango Velásquez

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Rodrigo Arango Velásquez
PSS
Bishop of Buga
File:Monseñor Rodrigo Arango.jpg
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Buga
In office 17 January 1985 – 19 January 2001
Predecessor Julián Mendoza Guerrero
Successor Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia (1981-1985)
Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (1981-1985)
Orders
Ordination 3 June 1950
Consecration 25 March 1981
by Alfonso López Trujillo
Personal details
Born 4 March 1925
Betania, Antioquia Department, Colombia
Died 27 December 2008 (aged 83)

Rodrigo Arango Velásquez (4 March 1925 – 27 December 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 ordained to the priesthood on 3 June 1950. On 29 January 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia and he was ordained a bishop on 25 March 1981. On 17 January 1985, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the Diocese of Buga. He retired on 19 January 2001.[2]

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