Rub�n Cardinal Salazar G�mez

Archbishop Emeritus of Bogot�, Colombia

Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella

Motto: Tunc Dixi Ecce Venio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1942		Born
20 May 1967	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ibagu�, Colombia
11 Feb 1992	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of C�cuta, Colombia
25 Mar 1992	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of C�cuta, Colombia
18 Mar 1999	56.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia
8 Jul 2010	67.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Bogot�, Colombia
13 Aug 2010	67.8	Installed	Archbishop of Bogot�, Colombia
24 Nov 2012	70.1	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2012	70.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella
28 Apr 2013	70.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella
25 Apr 2020	77.5	Retired	Archbishop of Bogot�, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Rub�n Salazar G�mez
Rub�n Cardinal Salazar G�mez
(born 22 Sep 1942)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bogot�

Ad Limina - June 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2012: Bishop
Consistory - November 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Bogot�, Archdiocese of Bogot�
Ordained Bishop Ibagu�, Archdiocese of Ibagu�

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Bogot�.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jos� Joaqu�n Fl�rez Hern�ndez †
Bishop of Ibagu�
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paolo Romeo
Titular Archbishop of Vulturia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jos� Joaqu�n Fl�rez Hern�ndez †
Archbishop of Ibagu�
Archbishop Pedro Rubiano S�enz †
Archbishop of Cali

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Paolo Romeo (1984)
Titular Archbishop of Vulturia
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol J�zef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. J�zef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Krak�w
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Led�chowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edgar Jes�s Mej�a Orozco (2007)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Victor Antonio Tamayo Betancourt (2004)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Salamanca Mantilla (2015)
Bishop Luis Manuel Al� Herrera (2015)
Bishop Luis Augusto Campos Fl�rez (2020)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Luis Antonio Nova Rocha † (2002)
Archbishop Omar Alberto S�nchez Cubillos, O.P. (2011)
Archbishop Orlando Roa Barbosa (2012)
Bishop Joaqu�n Humberto Pinz�n G�iza, I.M.C. (2013)
Bishop Ra�l Alfonso Carrillo Mart�nez (2016)
Bishop Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias (2016)
Bishop Hency Mart�nez Vargas (2019)
Bishop Germ�n Medina Acosta (2021)
Archbishop Mauricio Rueda Beltz (2023)
Archbishop George George Panamthundil (2023)
Bishop Alejandro D�az Garc�a (2024)
Bishop Dimas Antonio Acu�a Jim�nez (2024)
Bishop Edgar Jes�s Mej�a Orozco (2024)
Bishop Edwin Ra�l Vanegas Cuervo (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bogot�, Archdiocese of Bogot�
Ordained Bishop	Ibagu�, Archdiocese of Ibagu�

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q26639

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,916
card: Bollettino, 24 Oct 2012
ab: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2012
i: Bollettino, 22 Apr 2013
r: Bollettino, 25 Apr 2020

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