Rubén Isaza Restrepo
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Rubén Isaza Restrepo was the first apostolic administrator of the Diocese of
Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima Department, Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city ...
, leading it from 1960 to 1964.


Biography

He was, at the time, the youngest bishop in Colombia since he was Auxiliary Bishop of Cartagena, who began to lead the diocese February 20, 1955 at the consecration of
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, an ambassador of
Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...
. Born in
Salamina, Caldas Salamina is a town and municipality in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, department of Caldas Department, Caldas. It is located north of the department and has a township called San Felix. It was declared a national monument and historic her ...
, Caldas, he died in
Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ...
in 1986. His remains rest in Manizales' cathedral. At the time of his death, he was Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena.


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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1986 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Colombia Year of birth missing Roman Catholic archbishops of Cartagena in Colombia Roman Catholic bishops of Cartagena in Colombia Roman Catholic bishops of Montería Roman Catholic bishops of Ibagué {{Colombia-RC-bishop-stub