Background
Trujillo, Alfonso Cardinal Lopez was born on November 8, 1935 in Villahermosa, Colombia, Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1960. Instructor major seminary, Colombia.
Trujillo, Alfonso Cardinal Lopez was born on November 8, 1935 in Villahermosa, Colombia, Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1960. Instructor major seminary, Colombia.
Pastoral coordinator International Eucharistic Congress, Bogota, Colombia, 1968. Vicar general of Bogota, 1970-1972. Consecrated bishop of Boseta, 1971.
Auxiliary bishop of Bogota, 1971-1972.
Secretary-general Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano, 1972-1978, president, 1979-1983. Organizer 1979 Puebla Conference.
Appointed coadjutor archbishop of Medellin (Colombia), from 1978. Archbishop of Medellin, 1979.
Elevated to Sacred College of Cardinals, 1983.
President Bishop"s Conference, Pontifical Council for the Family.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia, 1960, vicar general Colombia, 1970—1972. Instructor major seminary Colombia. Pastoral coordinator International Eucharistic Congress, Bogota, Colombia, 1968.
Ordained bishop, 1971. Auxiliary bishop with personal title of archbishop Archdiocese of Bogota, 1971—1972. Secretary-general Latin American Episcopal Conference (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano), 1972—1978, president, 1979—1983.
Organizer Puebla Conference, 1979. Co-adjutor archbishop Archdiocese of Medellín, Colombia, 1978—1979, archbishop Colombia, 1979—1991. Elevated to cardinal, 1983.
President Colombian Bishops’ Conference, 1987—1990, Pontifical Council for the Family, 1990—2008. Cardinal-bishop Suburbicarian Church of Frascati, 2001—2008.
Member of Social Communications Commission Latin American.