Luis Concha Cordoba

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Luis Cardinal Concha Córdoba (born November 7, 1891 in Bogotá , Colombia , † September 18, 1975 ibid) was Archbishop of Bogotá .

Life

Luis Concha Córdoba studied in Bogotá, Paris and Rome the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy . When he received the sacrament of ordination through Bernardo Herrera Restrepo on October 28, 1916 , his father José Vicente Concha (es) was the incumbent President of the Republic of Colombia. In the first two years after his ordination, Luis Concha Córdoba worked as a parish chaplain in Bogotá. After further studies, he became a spiritual and lecturer at the Bogotá seminary in 1920 . In 1921 Pope Benedict XV awarded him . the title of private chamberlain to His Holiness . In 1922, Luis Concha Córdoba became a member of the Metropolitan Chapter of Bogotá. In 1933 and 1934 he was a secretary at the diocesan curia . In the following two years he headed the administration of the Archdiocese of Bogotá as vicar general .

In 1935 Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the Bishop of Manizales . He was ordained bishop on November 30, 1935 in Bogotá Ismael Perdomo Borrero , the Archbishop of Bogotá; Co- consecrators were Francisco Cristóbal Toro (es) , Bishop of Antioquia , and Crisanto Luque Sánchez , Bishop of Tunja . In the same place he became archbishop in 1954 with the elevation of the diocese of Manizales to archdiocese . Pope John XXIII appointed him Archbishop of Bogotá in 1959. In the years 1959 to 1972 Luis Concha Córdoba also served as the Colombian military bishop .

In 1961 Pope John XXIII took him. as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Maria Nuova in the College of Cardinals . Luis Concha Córdoba took part in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . He resigned the leadership of the Archdiocese of Bogotá in 1972 for reasons of age; his resignation was from Paul VI. granted.

He died on September 18, 1975 in Bogotá and was buried in the metropolitan basilica there.

Web links

• Concha Cordoba, Luis. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 1, 2017.
• Entry on Luis Concha Córdoba on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 1, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
Juan Manuel González Arbeláez	Bishop / Archbishop of Manizales 1935–1959	Arturo Duque Villegas (es)
Crisanto Cardinal Luque Sánchez	Archbishop of Bogotá 1959–1972	Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque
Crisanto Cardinal Luque Sánchez	Colombian military bishop 1959–1972	Aníbal Cardinal Muñoz Duque