Luis José Rueda Aparicio

Archbishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio (2020)

Coat of arms of Luis José Rueda Aparicio

Luis José Rueda Aparicio (born March 3, 1962 in San Gil ) is a Colombian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bogotá .

Life

Luis José Rueda Aparicio studied philosophy at the seminary of the diocese Socorro y San Gil and theology at the seminary of the archdiocese of Bucaramanga . Bishop Jorge Leonardo Gómez Serna OP donated him to the priestly ordination for the diocese of Socorro y San Gil on November 23, 1989 .

After his ordination he was active in various parishes in pastoral care. After further studies, he obtained a licentiate in moral theology at the Pontifical Alfonsian Academy in Rome . Subsequently, he was professor at the Seminary of Socorro y San Gil, deputy director of the diocesan Caritassekretariat, rector of the diocesan institute for rural development and episcopal vicar for pastoral care.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on February 2, 2012 Bishop of Montelíbano . The Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, Archbishop Aldo Cavalli , donated him episcopal ordination on April 14, 2012 ; Co- consecrators were Ismael Rueda Sierra , Archbishop of Bucaramanga , and Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz , Bishop of Socorro y San Gil.

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Popayán on May 19, 2018 . The inauguration took place on July 7th of the same year.

On April 25, 2020, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Bogotá. The inauguration took place on June 11 of the same year.

Web links

Entry on Luis José Rueda Aparicio on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Bogotá (Colombia) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 25, 2020, accessed April 25, 2020 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Popayán (Colombia) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 19, 2018, accessed May 19, 2018 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Edgar de Jesús García Gil	Bishop of Montelíbano 2012–2018	Farly Yovany Gil Betancur
Iván Antonio Marín López	Archbishop of Popayán 2018–2020	vacant
Rubén Cardinal Salazar Gómez	Archbishop of Bogotá since 2020	---

personal data
SURNAME	Rueda Aparicio, Luis José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colombian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bogotá
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Gil

[Bulletin-2020-04-25-1] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Bogotá (Colombia) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 25, 2020, accessed April 25, 2020 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Popayán (Colombia) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 19, 2018, accessed May 19, 2018 (Italian).