Mario Revollo Bravo Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Mario Revollo Bravo
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá
Appointed:25 June 1984
Term End:13 August 1994
Predecessor:Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Successor:Pedro Rubiano Sáenz
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola (1988-95)
Ordination:31 October 1943
Ordained By:Luigi Traglia
Consecration:2 December 1973
Consecrated By:Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Cardinal:28 June 1988
Created Cardinal By:Pope John Paul II
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Mario Revollo Bravo
Birth Date:15 June 1919
Birth Place:Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Bogotá, Colombia
Motto:Vis pacis
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Mario Revollo Bravo.svg

Mario Revollo Bravo (19 September 1919 - 3 November 1995) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Bogotá from 1984 to 1994. He was made a cardinal in 1988.

Biography

Cardinal Name:Mario Revollo Bravo
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
Relstyle:Cardinal
See:Bogotá

Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained 31 October 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia.

Pope Paul VI appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Bogotá on 13 November 1973. He was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia in 1978 and held that position until Pope John Paul II transferred him to the metropolitan see of Bogotá on 25 June 1984.

Pope John Paul II made Revollo Bravo Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in the consistory of 1988. He retired as archbishop in 1994. He died on 3 November 1995.

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