Jesús María Coronado Caro S.D.B. (January 18, 1918 – December 31, 2010) was a Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n Prelate

Prelate

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 of Roman Catholic Church

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. He was born in Cienega, Colombia

Ciénega, Boyacá

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 and ordained a priest on August 31, 1947 from the religious order of Salesians of Don Bosco

Salesians of Don Bosco

The Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution...

. He was appointed as prefect to the Ariari on January 19, 1964 and as bishop of the Diocese of Girardot on February 10, 1973. His ordainment as bishop occurred on March 24, 1973. He was then appointed to Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso on July 30, 1981 and retired from diocese on June 21, 1994. He died 31 December 2010 at the age of 92.