Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Colombia
About Gregorio Garavito Jiménez
- Gregorio Garavito Jiménez S.M.M.
- (March 9, 1919 – February 16, 2016) was a Colombian bishop of the Catholic Church.
- At the time of his death, he was one of oldest Colombian Catholic bishops. Garavito was born in Junín, Colombia and was ordained a priest on July 24, 1942, from the religious order of Missionaries of the Company of Mary.
- Monsignor Garavito was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archiocese of Villavicencio as well as titular bishop of Cyparissia on December 4, 1961, and consecrated on February 11, 1962.
- He was appointed archbishop of the Archiocese of Villavicencio on April 26, 1969, and retired on May 3, 1994.
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