Bishop of Granada en Colombia
Msgr. Jorge Enrique Malpica Bejarano was born on 2 August 1967 in Gachetá, diocese of Zipaquirá. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the San José Major Seminary of Zipaquirá, and obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome and a diploma in spirituality and priestly formation from the Instituto Teológico-Pastoral para la América Latina (ITEPAL) of CELAM. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Zipaquirá on 8 December 1993. He has held the following offices: vicar of the parish-minor basilica of Santo Cristo in Ubaté (1994-1996), parish vicar of San Juan Bautista in Villapinzón (1997), parish priest of Santa María in Villagómez (1998-2002), formator and director of studies (2003-2005), bursar and formator (2008.2015) at the San José Major Seminary of Zipaquirá, parish priest of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Chocontá (2016-2024), and archpriest of Espíritu Santo (2017-2024). Since 2024 he has been episcopal vicar of the Cristo Sacerdote pastoral zone and parish priest of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Chía.