Eladio Acosta Arteaga

infobox bishopbiog
name = Eladio Acosta Arteaga


religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
Title = Archbishop of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquiaa
Period = 1970 -1992
Predecessor = Guillermo Escobar Vélez
Successor = Ignacio José Gómez Aristizábal
ordination = August 7 1949
post = Priest | date of birth = birth date and age|1916|4|9
place of birth = La América , Colombia

Eladio Acosta Arteaga (born April 9 1916) is a Colombian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. At age|1916|4|9, is one of oldest Roman Catholic bishops and is the oldest Colombian bishop.

Eladio Acosta Arteaga was born in La América, Colombia in the Spring of 1916, ordained a priest on August 7 1949 from the religious order of Congregration of Jesus and Mary. Arteaga was appointed bishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia on March 6 1970 and ordained in April. He would remain at the diocese until his retirement on October 10 1992.

ee Also

*List of oldest Catholic bishops
* Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia
* Congregration of Jesus and Mary

External Links

* [http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bacoart.html Catholic-Hierarchy]