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Pope Francis Names Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, until now titular of Gemellae in Numidia and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Medellín, as bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia.

Curriculum vitae

Bishop Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero was born in El Retiro, diocese of Sonsón – Rionegro, on November 21, 1968. He completed his ecclesiastical studies in philosophy in the Nuestra Señora in Marinilla major diocesan seminary, and his theological studies in the National Seminary of Christ the Priest in La Ceja. He obtained his licentiate in biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and he attended specialization studies in social doctrine and social ministry of the Church at the Universidad Católica de Oriente in Rionegro.

Praise the Lord

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