Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bucaramanga, Colombia, presented by Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra.

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Luis Augusto Campos Flórez as metropolitan archbishop of Bucaramanga, Colombia, transferring him from the diocese of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia.

Curriculum vitae

Archbishop-elect Luis Augusto Campos Flórez was born in Bogotá on 23 August 1958. After studying philosophy and theology at the Seminario Mayor de San José in Bogotá, he was awarded a licentiate in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and studied for a doctorate in philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris.

He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1982, and incardinated in the metropolitan archdiocese of Bogotá.

He has held the following offices: parish vicar in Soacha; parish administrator of San Francisco de Paula; formator, professor, and subsequently rector of the Seminario Mayor de San José in Bogotá; parish priest of San Tarsicio; episcopal vicar of the archdiocesan zone of the Holy Spirit.

He was appointed bishop of Socorro y San Gil on 12 December 2019, and received episcopal ordination on 8 February 2020.