Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio (25 November 1935 – 2 May 2025) was a Colombian prelate of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Biography
Born in
Montebello, Antioquia
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, Castaño Rubio was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He received a doctorate in theology from the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
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in Rome.
In June 1983, he was appointed
vicar apostolic of Quibdó and
titular bishop
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of
Edistiana, serving until he was ordained bishop of Quibdó in 1990. In 2001, he was appointed
auxiliary bishop
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...
of
Medellín
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and titular bishop of
Stagnum. Castaño Rubio retired from his post as auxiliary bishop on his 75th birthday in 2010.
[
Castaño Rubio died in ]Medellín
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on 2 May 2025, at the age of 89.
References
1935 births
2025 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia
20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Colombia
21st-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
Auxiliary bishops
Colombian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II
People from Antioquia Department
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni
Roman Catholic bishops of Medellín
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