Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero | |
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos | |
Archdiocese: | Santa Fe de Antioquia |
Appointed: | 22 October 2020 |
Term End: | 8 July 2023 |
Predecessor: | Jorge Alberto Ossa Soto |
Successor: | Vacant |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín and Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia (2012–2020) Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de Antioquia (2022–2023) |
Ordination: | 1 July 1993 |
Ordained By: | Flavio Calle Zapata |
Consecration: | 4 August 2012 |
Consecrated By: | Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo |
Birth Date: | 1968 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia |
Death Place: | Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia |
Motto: | ASPICIENTIES IN IESUM |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Elkin Alvarez Botero.svg |
Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero | |
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Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero (21 November 1968 – 8 July 2023) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of Medellín from 2012 to 2020 and bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos from 2020 until his death.[1]
Álvarez Botero died on 8 July 2023, at the age of 54.[2] [3]