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Monsignor Pedroza was appointed bishop by the head of the Vatican State after spending eight years in the Diocese of Arauca
Monsignor Jaime Muñoz Pedroza. Episcopal Conference of Colombia
The Vatican Press Office reported Wednesday morning that Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Jaime Muñoz Pedroza as new Bishop of the Diocese of Girardot. With this appointment, the pontiff accepted the resignation of Msgr. Héctor Julio López Hurtado. The information was confirmed by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia
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Monsignor Muñoz Pedroza had been bishop of Arauca since 2010 when Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on October 22nd.
The new bishop of Girardot was born in 1958 in the municipality of Ciénaga, Boyacá. In this city, he finished his primary studies. In the school José Ignacio Márquez of Ramiriquí studied high school. In 1978, he entered the Tunja Seminary where he studied philosophy and theology. "He was ordained priest on 24 November 1984, remaining incardinated in the Archdiocese of Tunja," the statement said.
According to the Colombian Episcopal Conference, Muñoz Pedroza "has specialized in Moral Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (1986 -1988) and in Sex Education at Juan de Castellanos University, and has obtained a doctorate in theology at the Javeriana University of Bogotá in the year 2002. "
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