Arturo Salazar Mejía

Arturo Salazar Mejía (April 11, 1921 – November 1, 2009) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasto, Colombia.

Salazar Mejía was born on April 11, 1921. He was born in Salamina in the Diocsese of Manizales.

Salazar Mejía was ordained on February 6, 1944, and become a priest of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.

October 14, 1965, Salazar Mejía was appointed both Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare in Casanare, Colombia, and the Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba. Less than one year later, Salazar Mejía was ordained as bishop by Pope Paul VI on January 9, 1966.

Salazar Mejía was the Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba from 1965-1977, when he was appointed Bishop of Pasto, Colombia, on January 3, 1977.

Salazar Mejía remained Bishop of Pasto, Colombia, until he retired on February 6, 1995. He was succeeded by Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños.

Arturo Salazar Mejía died on November 1, 2009. [1]