Type: | Bishop |
Eladio Acosta Arteaga | |
Archbishop of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquiaa | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia |
Term: | 1970–1992 |
Predecessor: | Guillermo Escobar Vélez |
Successor: | Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal |
Ordination: | 7 August 1949 |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1916 |
Birth Place: | La América, Colombia |
Previous Post: | Priest |
Eladio Acosta Arteaga (9 April 1916 - 30 January 2012) was a Colombian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.
Arteaga was born in La América, Colombia in 1916 and was ordained a priest on 7 August 1949 from the religious order of Congregation of Jesus and Mary. Arteaga was appointed bishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia on 6 March 1970 and ordained in April. He would remain at the diocese until his retirement on 10 October 1992. He died in 2012, aged 95