Biography
Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS (October 7, 1934 – July 21, 2021) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, prelate, and member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. Giraldo served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Chiquinquirá from its creation on April 26, 1977, until July 26, 1983, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cúcuta from 1983 to 1990. He was then appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Popayán from 1990 to 1997 and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medellín from February 1997 until his retirement in February 2010. He was also President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia from July 1996 to July 2002. Giraldo was born in Manizales on October 7, 1934. He was ordained a Catholic priest on November 9, 1958, and joined the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice in 1960. He...
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