Arturo Salazar Mejía
Arturo Salazar Mejía OAR (born April 11, 1921 in Salamina , Colombia , † November 1, 2009 in Manizales , Colombia) was Bishop of Pasto .
Life
Arturo Salazar joined the order of the Augustinian recollects and studied theology and philosophy in Manizales and Bogotá . He made his profession on April 12, 1942; He was ordained priest on February 6, 1944 in La Candelaria by the Vicar Apostolic of Casanare , Bishop Nicasio Balisa y Melero OAR and received his doctorate in philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana . He then worked at the Augustinian College of St. Nicholas of Bogotá, (Colegio Agustiniano de San Nicolás Bogotá), whose rector he was from 1951 to 1965. He was President of the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Bogota for five years and three times Vice-President of the Inter-American Association of Catholic Education. Arturo Salazar was general secretary of the Conference of Religious of Colombia for four years.
Pope Paul VI appointed him titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba and Apostolic Vicar of Casanare on 1965 . He was ordained bishop on January 6, 1966 in the cathedral of Bogotá by the apostolic nuncio in Colombia and later cardinal to the curia, Giuseppe Paupini ; Co- consecrators were the coadjutor archbishop of Bogotá , Rubén Isaza Restrepo and the bishop Martin Legarra Tellechea , prelate of Bocas del Toro in Panama.
He was the representative of the Colombian bishops in the first Synod of Bishops from September 29 to October 29, 1967 in Rome after the Second Vatican Council . In 1977 he was appointed Bishop of Pasto .
In 1995 his request for health retirement (blindness) was granted by Pope John Paul II . During the last years of his life he was completely blind.
Web links
- Entry on Arturo Salazar Mejía on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Arturo Salazar, agustino recoleto y obispo emérito de Pasto, fallece en Manizales a los 88 años" (Spanish)
- Biography Arturo Salazar (Spanish)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Alberto Giraldo Restrepo CIM |
Bishop of Pasto 1977–1995 |
Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños |
| Nicasio Balisa y Melero OAR |
Apostolic Vicar of Casanare 1965–1977 |
Olavio López Duque OAR |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salazar Mejía, Arturo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salazar, Arturo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian clergyman, Bishop of Pasto |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salamina , Colombia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2009 |
| Place of death | Manizales , Colombia |