Carlos Prada Sanmiguel
Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (born December 27, 1939 in Floridablanca , Departamento de Santander , Colombia , † August 16, 2013 in Bogotá , Colombia) was Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso .
Life
Carlos Prada Sanmiguel studied philosophy at the regional seminary of Pamplona (NS) and Catholic theology at the local major seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas . He received the in Bucaramanga on February 6, 1966 sacrament of Holy Orders . He was active in the diocese of Bucaramanga and from 1966 to 1968 spiritual of the Small Seminary of Floridablanca. At the Pontifical University of the Salesians in Rome , he studied education and philosophy as well as Christian archeology atPontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana in Rome.
In 1972 he became secretary to the Archbishop of Bucaramanga and chaplain of the Colegio de la Presentación in Bucaramanga. 1974 to 1985 he was the reign of the Bucaramanga seminary. From 1986 to 1988 he headed the Department of Seminarians and Vocations of the Secretariado Permanente del Episcopado Colombiano (SPEC) .
On January 20, 1988 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Baliana and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Medellin . The Archbishop of Medellín, Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo , donated him episcopal ordination on February 20 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, Archbishop Angelo Acerbi , and the Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Héctor Rueda Hernández . As a motto he chose Exaltavit humiles .
On June 21, 1994, John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso. Pope Benedict XVI accepted on October 15, 2012 the resignation put forward by Carlos Prada Sanmiguel for health reasons.
Web links
- Entry on Carlos Prada Sanmiguel on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved August 18, 2013.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jesús María Coronado Caro SDS |
Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso 1994–2012 |
Misael Vacca Ramírez |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prada Sanmiguel, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Floridablanca , Colombia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 2013 |
| Place of death | Bogotá , Colombia |