Olavio López Duque

Olavio López Duque OAR (born February 6, 1932 in Manizales , † June 11, 2013 in Bogotá ) was a Colombian bishop and vicar apostolic of Casanare .

Life

Olavio López Duque attended the Minor Seminary Colegio Apostólico San Agustín in La Linda, Manizales. He joined the order of the Augustinian recollects in the monastery of Suba and made his profession on September 28, 1947. From 1948 to 1951 he studied philosophy in the monastery of El Desierto de la Candelaria. As an alumnus at the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Rome, he studied Catholic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University . On February 7, 1953, he passed the final vows and received on 30 October 1955 by Luigi Cardinal Traglia in the Roman basilica of Santi XII Apostoli the priesthood . He then studied biblical studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute .

In 1957 he became sub-rain of the monastery of Suba, later professor of the monastery and the order province. In 1965 he became prior of Suba, in 1969 provincial vicar and in 1971 prior of the religious province. A year later he also took over the pastoral office of the parish of Monterrey.

Pope Paul VI appointed him on May 30, 1977 Vicar Apostolic of Casanare and Titular Bishop of Strongoli . The Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, Eduardo Martínez Somalo , ordained him episcopal on August 7 of the same year in the Cathedral of Bogota ; Co- consecrators were Rubén Buitrago Trujillo OAR, Bishop of Zipaquirá , and Arturo Salazar Mejía OAR, Bishop of Pasto . As a motto he chose Servi eius Ecclesiae .

As a member of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, he was involved in the Commissions of Consecrated Life and the Mixed Commission on Catechesis.

On October 29, 1999, Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation. From 1999 to 2001 he was Apostolic Administrator of Yopal , to which the Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare was subordinate. In 2001 he took over a church office again and became Vicar General and Vicar for Religious of the Archdiocese of Bogota.

Web links

• Entry on Olavio López Duque on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 13, 2013.
• Bishop Olavio Lopez Duque (CD) (English)
• Monseñor Olavio López Duque , obituary CEC (Spanish)

Individual evidence

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predecessor	Office	successor
Arturo Salazar Mejía OAR	Apostolic Vicar of Casanare 1977–1999	-