Aníbal Muñoz Duque

Aníbal Muñoz Duque Cardinal ( born October 3, 1908 in Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia; † 15 January 1987) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bogotá.

Life

Aníbal Muñoz Duque received on 19 November 1933, Santa Rosa de Osos ordination.

In 1951 he was of Pius XII. bishop appointed by Socorro y San Gil, 1952 Bishop of Bucaramanga. 1959 he was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona by John XXIII .. In 1968 he was appointed Koadjutorerzbischof of Bogotá and appointed Titular Bishop of Cariana. In 1972, the appointment would come to the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bogotá. In addition, he was Military Bishop of Colombia. In 1973 he was Paul VI. taken as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in the College of Cardinals. In 1984, his resignation as Archbishop and upheld in 1985 as a military bishop by John Paul II.