Mario Revollo Bravo

Mario Revollo Bravo (19 September 1919 - 3 November 1995) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Bogotá from 1984 to 1994. He was made a cardinal in 1988.


Mario Revollo Bravo
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá
Appointed25 June 1984
Term ended13 August 1994
PredecessorAníbal Muñoz Duque
SuccessorPedro Rubiano Sáenz
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola (1988-95)
Orders
Ordination31 October 1943
by Luigi Traglia
Consecration2 December 1973
by Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Created cardinal28 June 1988
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Mario Revollo Bravo

15 June 1919
Died3 November 1995(1995-11-03) (aged 76)
Bogotá, Colombia
Previous post(s)
Alma mater
MottoVis pacis
Coat of armsMario Revollo Bravo's coat of arms

Biography

Styles of
Mario Revollo Bravo
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBogotá

Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained 31 October 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia.

Pope Paul VI appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Bogotá on 13 November 1973. He was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia in 1978 and held that position until Pope John Paul II transferred him to the metropolitan see of Bogotá on 25 June 1984.

Pope John Paul II made Revollo Bravo Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in the consistory of 1988. He retired as archbishop in 1994. He died on 3 November 1995.

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