Mario Revollo Bravo
- Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia (1973-78)
- Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (1973-78)
- President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (1978-84)
- Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (1978-84)
- Military Vicar of Colombia (1984-85)
by Luigi Traglia
by Aníbal Muñoz Duque
by Pope John Paul II
15 June 1919
Bogotá, Colombia
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Pontifical Biblical Institute
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Mario Revollo Bravo (19 September 1919 - 3 November 1995) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Bogotá from 1984 to 1994. He was made a cardinal in 1988.
Biography
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Bogotá |
Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained 31 October 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia.
Pope Paul VI appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Bogotá on 13 November 1973. He was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia in 1978 and held that position until Pope John Paul II transferred him to the metropolitan see of Bogotá on 25 June 1984.
Pope John Paul II made Revollo Bravo Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in the consistory of 1988. He retired as archbishop in 1994. He died on 3 November 1995.
References
External links
- Database of Catholic Information
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Preceded by | Archbishop of Bogotá 25 June 1984–27 December 1994 | Succeeded by |
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en Nueva Granada
- Juan de los Barrios
- Luis Zapata de Cárdenas
- Alfonso López de Avila
- Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa
- Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
- Juan Castro
- Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez
- Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
- Julián de Cortázar
- Bernardino de Almansa Carrión
- Cristóbal de Torres
- Juan de Arguinao
- Antonio Sanz Lozano
- Ignacio de Urbina
- Francisco de Cosío y Otero
- Francisco del Rincón
- Antonio Álvarez de Quiñones
- Juan de Galavís
- Diego Fermín de Vergara
- Pedro de Azúa e Iturgoyen
- José Javier de Arauz y Rojas
- Manuel Sosa Betencourt
- Francisco de la Riva
- Lucas Ramírez Galán
- Agustín Camacho y Rojas
- Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo
- Antonio Caballero y Góngora
- Baltazar Martínez de Compañón
- Fernando del Portillo y Torres
- Juan Bautista Sacristán y Galiano
- Isidoro Domínguez
- Fernando Caycedit Florez
- Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda
- Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa
- Vicente Arbeláez
- José Telésforo Paúl
- Ignacio León Velasco
- Bernardo Herrera Restrepo
- Bernardo Herrera Restrepo
- Ismael Perdomo Borrero
- Crisanto Luque Sánchez
- Luis Concha Córdoba
- Aníbal Muñoz Duque
- Mario Revollo Bravo
- Pedro Rubiano Sáenz
- Rubén Salazar Gómez
- Luis José Rueda Aparicio
current
- Luis Alí Herrera
- Pedro Salamanca Mantilla
former
- José Carrión y Marfil
- José Antonio Chaves
- Indalecio Barreto
- Mosé Higuera
- Leonidas Medina
- Luis Andrade Valderrama
- Emilio de Brigard Ortiz
- Luis Pérez Hernández
- José Martinez Vargas
- Gabriel Montalvo Higuera
- Pablo Correa León
- José Calderón Contreras
- Rubén Buitrago Trujillo
- Alfonso López Trujillo
- Luis Parra Mora
- Mario Revollo Bravo
- Víctor López Forero
- Ramón Molina Jaramillo
- Luis Romero Franco
- Jorge Ardila Serrano
- Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo
- Enrique Sarmiento Angulo
- Fabio Suescún Mutis
- Agustín Otero Largacha
- José Falla Robles
- Oscar Urbina Ortega
- José Ruiz Arenas
- Fernando Sabogal Viana
- Daniel Caro Borda
- José Ospina Leongómez
- Francisco Nieto Súa
bishops elsewhere
- Eduardo Maldonado Calvo
- Alfredo Rubio Díaz
- Alberto Uribe Urdaneta
- Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón
- Héctor Cubillos Peña
- Mario E. Dorsonville
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