Javier Naranjo Villegas

Javier Naranjo Villegas ( born January 21, 1919 in Abejorral; † March 7, 2014 in Santa Marta ) was bishop of Santa Marta.

Life

Javier Naranjo Villegas received on 15 March 1942, the ordination.

On 2 June 1971 he became Pope Paul VI. Bishop of Santa Marta, the capital of the department of Magdalena del appointed. The Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia Angelo Palmas donated to him on 29 June 1971, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Tulio Botero Salazar CM, Archbishop of Medellín, and Arturo Duque Villegas, Archbishop of Manizales.

On July 24, 1980, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation. Javier Naranjo Villegas died on 7 March 2014, 95 years. The funeral took place in the chapel of the Templo Universitario Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Sacramento the following day.