Jesús María Coronado Caro
Jesús María Coronado Caro SDB (born January 18, 1918 in Ciénega , Boyacá , Colombia , † December 31, 2010 in Bogotá , Colombia) was a Colombian religious priest and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
He entered the order of the Salesians of Don Bosco and was ordained a priest on August 31, 1947 . He was rector of the Colegio Salesiano de Duitama .
On January 19, 1964 he was by Pope Paul VI. appointed Prefect of Ariari Prefecture . He was the council father of the third and fourth session of the Second Vatican Council .
On February 10, 1973, Pope Paul VI. the appointment as bishop of the Girardot diocese . The episcopal ordination in the Nuestra Señora del Carmen church in Bogota (Colegio León XIII) was donated to him on March 24, 1973 by Archbishop Angelo Palmas , Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia; Co -consecrators were Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano , Coadjutor Bishop in Socorro y San Gil, and Arturo Salazar Mejía OAR, Vicar Apostolic of Casanare. His motto was "opus iustitiae pax".
On July 30, 1981, Coronado Caro was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso by Pope John Paul II . His age-related resignation was granted by Pope John Paul II on June 21, 1994.
Bishop Coronado Caro was the founder and principal of the Don Bosco School in Duitama. He was instrumental in founding the diocese of Málaga-Soatá in 1987. Bishop Coronado Caro was buried in Duitama Cathedral.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Murió Jesús María Coronado, antiguo obispo de la diócesis de Duitama" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , El Tiempo, accessed January 5, 2011
Web links
- Entry about Jesús María Coronado Caro on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Diocese of Girardot: Obituary (Spanish)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| - |
Prefect of Ariari 1964–1973 |
Héctor Jaramillo Duque SDS |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano |
Bishop of Girardot 1973–1981 |
Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Julio Franco Arango |
Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso 1981–1994 |
Carlos Prada Sanmiguel |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coronado Caro, Jesús María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ciénega , Colombia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bogotá , Colombia |