Héctor Rueda Hernández

Héctor Rueda Hernández ( born November 9, 1920 in Mogotes, † November 1, 2011 in Bucaramanga ) was a Colombian priest and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Medellin.

Life

Héctor Rueda Hernández lost at the age of 12 years, his mother, and at age 14 his father. He attended the minor seminary in San Gil and studied philosophy and Catholic theology at the Seminary of Bogotá. On 15 December 1946 he was ordained priest. After pastoral work, he was born in 1952 Chancellor of the Diocese of Socorro y San Gil. From 1953 to 1955 he completed his doctoral studies in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University.

Pope John XXIII. appointed him on May 6, 1960 Bishop of Bucaramanga. The Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia Giuseppe Paupini ordained him on June 19, 1960 Bishop. He participated in all sessions of the Second Vatican Council of 1962 until 1965.

On December 14, 1974, he was appointed Archbishop of Bucaramanga and founded the seminary ibid. He also moved an offshoot of the Pontifical University Bolivariana ( UPB Bucaramanga ) in Bucaramanga.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 7 November 1991 as Archbishop of Medellin. On 13 February 1997, Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation age-related.

Honors and Awards

• "Order of José Antonio Galán al Mérito " the government of Santander ( 1986)
• " Orden de Bucaramanga " the regional government of Bucaramanga (1986 )
• " Escudo de Antioquia " of the Departamento de Antioquia (1995 )
• " Medalla de Medellín " (1995)
• " Cruz Bolivariana " of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (1995 )