Gregorio Garavito Jiménez Explained

Type:Bishop
Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M.
Archiocese of Villavicencio
Church:Catholic Church
See:Archiocese of Villavicencio
Term:1969–1994
Predecessor:Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius
Successor:Alfonso Cabezas Aristizábal
Ordination:July 24, 1942
Birth Date:9 March 1919
Birth Place:Junín, Colombia
Previous Post:Priest

Gregorio Garavito Jiménez S.M.M. (March 9, 1919 – February 16, 2016) was a Colombian bishop of the Catholic Church. At the time of his death, he was one of oldest Colombian Catholic bishops.

Garavito was born in Junín, Colombia and was ordained a priest on July 24, 1942, from the religious order of Missionaries of the Company of Mary. Monsignor Garavito was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Villavicencio as well as titular bishop of Cyparissia on December 4, 1961, and consecrated on February 11, 1962.

He was appointed archbishop of the Archiocese of Villavicencio on April 26, 1969, and retired on May 3, 1994.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rausch . Jane M. . From Frontier Town to Metropolis: A History of Villavicencio, Colombia, Since 1842 . 2007 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-7425-5474-0 . 152 . en.