Oscar Urbina Ortega
| Styles of Oscar Urbina Ortega | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Oscar Urbina Ortega (born April 13, 1947) is a Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second and current Archbishop of Villavicencio.
Biography
Oscar Urbina Ortega was born in Arboledas, and ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque on November 30, 1973. From 1986 to 1994 he was Rector of the Major Seminary of Bogotá, the main seminary of the Archdiocese of Bogotá.[1]
On March 8, 1996, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá and Titular Bishop of Forconium by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 13 from Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, with Archbishops Paolo Romeo and Tarcisio Bertone, SDB, serving as co-consecrators. Urbina was later named Bishop of Cúcuta on November 9, 1999.
Pope Benedict XVI later named him the second Archbishop of Villavicencio on November 30, 2007, the thirty-fourth anniversary of his priestly ordination. Urbina succeeded José Ruiz Arenas, who was made a bishop in the same ceremony as the former in 1996, and was formally installed as Archbishop on January 25, 2008.
References
- ↑ "Historia - Seminario Mayor de Bogotá". seminariobogota.arquibogota.org.co. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
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| Preceded by Jesús Salazar Gómez |
Bishop of Cúcuta 1999–2007 |
Succeeded by Jaime Prieto Amaya |
| Preceded by José Ruiz Arenas |
Archbishop of Villavicencio 2007–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |