José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez


José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez
Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseManizales
Appointed22 May 1975
Term ended15 October 1996
PredecessorArturo Duque Villegas
SuccessorFabio Betancur Tirado
Other post(s)Cardinal Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (2015–2019)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination14 December 1941
by Ismael Perdomo Borrero
Consecration28 August 1955
by Crisanto Luque Sánchez
Created cardinal14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal priest
Personal details
Born
José de Jesús Horacio Pimiento Rodríguez

(1919-02-18)18 February 1919
Died3 September 2019(2019-09-03) (aged 100)
Floridablanca, Colombia
MottoVivere Christus est
(To live is Christ, Philippians 1:21)
Ordination history of
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byIsmael Perdomo Borrero
Date14 December 1941
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCrisanto Luque Sánchez
Co-consecratorsEmilio Botero González
Pedro José Rivera Mejía
Date28 August 1955
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez as principal consecrator
Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal14 August 1982
José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez5 February 2005
Styles of
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

José de Jesús Horacio Pimiento Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ðe xeˈsus piˈmjento roˈðɾiɣes]; 18 February 1919 – 3 September 2019) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Montería from 1959 to 1964, Bishop of Garzón-Neiva from 1964 to 1975, and finally Archbishop of Manizales from 1975 to 1996. He was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.