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Gregorio Garavito Jiménez

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Church
  
Roman Catholic Church

Ordination
  
July 24, 1942

Role
  
Religious Leader


Name
  
Gregorio Jimenez

In office
  
1969 - 1994

Previous post
  
See
  
Archiocese of Villavicencio

Predecessor
  
Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius

Born
  
March 9, 1919 (age 105) Junin, Colombia (
1919-03-09
)

Successor
  
Alfonso Cabezas Aristizabal

Gregorio Garavito Jiménez S.M.M. (March 9, 1919 – February 16, 2016) was a Colombian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death, he was one of oldest Colombian Roman Catholic bishops.

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Jiménez was born in Junín, Colombia and was ordained a priest on July 24, 1942, from the religious order of Missionaries of the Company of Mary. Jiménez was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archiocese of Villavicencio as well as titular bishop of Cyparissia on December 4, 1961, and consecrated on February 11, 1962. He was appointed archbishop of the Archiocese of Villavicencio on April 26, 1969, and retired on May 3, 1994.

References

Gregorio Garavito Jiménez Wikipedia