Aníbal Muñoz Duque


Cardinal coat of arms of Aníbal Muñoz		Monument to Cardinal Muñoz in his birthplace Santa Rosa de Osos

Life

Aníbal Muñoz Duque was ordained a priest on November 19, 1933 in Santa Rosa de Osos .

1951 he was by Pius XII. appointed bishop of Socorro y San Gil , 1952 first bishop of Bucaramanga . 1959 followed the appointment as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona by John XXIII. In 1968 he became the Koadjutorerzbischof of Bogotá ordered and titular bishop of Cariana appointed. In 1972 he was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bogotá. He also became military bishop of Colombia . In the consistory of March 5, 1973 Pope Paul VI took him . as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in the college of cardinals . In 1984 his resignation as Archbishop and Military Bishop was granted by Pope John Paul II .

Aníbal Muñoz Duque participated as archbishop in all four sessions of Vatican II and as cardinal in the two papal elections in 1978.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ángel María Ocampo Berrio	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil 1951–1952	Pedro José Rivera Mejía
Bishopric newly established	Bishop of Bucaramanga 1952-1959	Héctor Rueda Hernández
Bernardo Botero Álvarez	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona 1959–1968	Alfredo Rubio Diaz
Luis Cardinal Concha Cordoba	Archbishop of Bogotá Coadjutor Archbishop 1969–1972 Metropolitan Archbishop 1972–1984	Mario Cardinal Revollo Bravo
Luis Cardinal Concha Cordoba	Military Archbishop of Colombia 1972–1984	Mario Cardinal Revollo Bravo

personal data
SURNAME	Muñoz Duque, Aníbal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Muñoz Duque, Cardinal Aníbal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colombian cardinal and archbishop of Bogotá
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santa Rosa de Osos , Colombia
DATE OF DEATH	January 15, 1987