Gustavo MartÃnez FrÃas
Gustavo Martínez Frías (* May 30, 1935 in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia; † August 29, 2009 in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander) was Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona.
Life
Gustavo Martínez Frías studied from 1954 to 1960 Philosophy and Theology at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and received on 27 November 1960, the ordination to the priesthood for the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil. He was professor of philosophy and theology at the seminary in San Gil and prefect and vice-chancellor. He has also been episcopal vicar of the Ecclesiastical Province of San Gil and Vicar General of the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil.
In 1987 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Ipiales. He received his episcopal consecration on 20 February 1987, the Archbishop of Bucaramanga, Héctor Rueda Hernández; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Ibagué, José Joaquín Hernández Flórez, and the Archbishop of Popayán, Samuel Buitrago Silverio Trujillo CM.
Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nueva 1999 Pamplona. He was the founder of the Corporación Nueva Sociedad in the northeast of Colombia ( CORPONOR ), consisting of the University of Pamplona and the University Francisco de Paula Santander, the Archdiocese of Pamplona, the Diocese of Cúcuta, Tibú and Ocana, and the industry and commerce of the four municipalities.
Gustavo Martínez Frías died as a result of health problems in office. The Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez interrupted the meeting of the South African government in Bogota for a minute's silence.