Appointment of bishop of Vélez, Colombia

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend José Camilo Arbeláez Montoya, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Medellín, until now parish priest of La Visitación, as bishop of Vélez, Colombia.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. José Camilo Arbeláez Montoya was born on 18 June 1961 in Bogotá. He graduated in veterinary medicine from the Universidad de Antioquia. After studying theology and philosophy at the Seminario Mayor para profesionales Juan Pablo II in Medellín and at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, he obtained a licentiate in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.

He was ordained a priest on 25 November 1995 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Medellín.

He has held the following offices: parish vicar of La Divina Eucaristía and vice rector of the minor seminary of Medellín (1996), parish priest of San Andrés Apostol (1996-1998), chaplain of the Clinic (1998) and Faculty of Medicine (2001-2004) of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, ecclesiastical counsellor of archdiocesan (2001-2011) and national (2005-2015) Catholic Charismatic Renewal, archdiocesan vice chancellor (2011-2014), parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (2011-2014), rector of the Seminario Mayor para profesionales Juan Pablo II in Medellín (2011-2014), parish priest of La niña Maria (2014-2021), archpriest of the San Marcos Evangelista zone (2014-2016), and president of the Pan y paraíso Foundation (since 2021). To date, he has served as parish priest of La Visitación in Medellín.