Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta

Coat of arms of Hector Salah Zuleta.

Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta (born December 24, 1942 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic bishop of Riohacha .

Life

Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta was ordained a priest on December 8, 1972 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Girardota on February 21, 1998 . He was ordained bishop by the Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, Archbishop Paolo Romeo , on March 26 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS , Archbishop of Medellín , and Flavio Calle Zapata , Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Riohacha on May 13, 2005. On April 22nd, 2020, Pope Francis accepted Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta's resignation due to reasons of age.

Web links

Entry on Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Riohacha (Colombia) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 22, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Oscar Angel Bernal	Bishop of Girardota 1998-2005	Óscar González Villa
Armando Larios Jiménez	Bishop of Riohacha 2005–2020	Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar CSsR

personal data
SURNAME	Salah Zuleta, Hector Ignacio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colombian clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Riohacha
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bogotá

[1] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Riohacha (Colombia) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 22, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 (Italian).