Arturo Salazar Mejía
Arturo Salazar Mejía, OAR (April 11, 1921 – November 1, 2009) was the Colombian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pasto from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.
Biography
[edit]Mejía was born on April 11, 1921, in Salamina, Spain.
He 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, Mejía was ordained as bishop by Pope Paul VI on January 9, 1966.
Mejía was the Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba from 1965-1977, when he was appointed Bishop of Pasto on January 3, 1977.
Mejía remained Bishop of Pasto until he retired on February 6, 1995. He was succeeded by Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños.
Mejía died on November 1, 2009.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Bishop Arturo Salazar Mejia, O.A.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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