Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve

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Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve MXY (born February 14, 1916 in Santo Domingo , Departamento de Antioquia ; † October 2, 1989 at Fortul , Departamento de Arauca ) was a Colombian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Arauca . In the Catholic Church he is venerated as a blessed .

Life

Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve joined the Congregation of the Missionaries Javerianos de Yarumal in and received on 11 January 1940, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on November 11, 1970 Vicar Apostolic of Arauca and Titular Bishop of Strumnitza . The Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, Archbishop Angelo Palmas , donated him episcopal ordination on January 10 of the following year . Co - consecrators were Aníbal Muñoz Duque , coadjutor archbishop of Bogotá , and Joaquín García Ordóñez , coadjutor bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos .

With the elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate to the diocese of Arauca on July 19, 1984, he became its first diocesan bishop . After repeatedly speaking out against actions by the left-wing terrorist ELN , he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered near Fortul on October 2, 1989 .

In the beatification process initiated for him , Pope Francis recognized his martyrdom on July 7, 2017 . During his pastoral trip to Colombia, the Pope beatified him and the priest Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, who was murdered in 1948, on September 8, 2017.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guerrilla leader behind death of Colombian bishop captured. Catholic News Agency, January 10, 2008, accessed July 8, 2017 .
  2. ^ Promulgazione di Decreti della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 7, 2017, accessed July 7, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Pope beatifies martyrs: "Hate of the princes of the world". Vatican Radio , September 8, 2017, accessed September 8, 2017 .
predecessor Office successor
Luís Eduardo García Rodríguez MXY Apostolic Vicar of the Diocese of Arauca
1970–1984 		---
--- Bishop of Arauca
1984–1989 		Rafael Arcadio Bernal Supelano CSsR
personal data
SURNAME Jaramillo Monsalve, Jesús Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Arauca, Blessed
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Santo Domingo (Colombia) , Departamento de Antioquia , Colombia
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1989
Place of death near Fortul , Departamento de Arauca , Colombia