Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya

Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya was born on 15 August 1966 in Santa Rosa de Cabal, in the diocese of Pereira. After attending the Seminario Mayor “María Inmaculada” of the diocese of Pereira, he obtained a licentiate in education from the Universidad Católica de Pereira, and a specialization in Gerencia de Instituciones de Educación Superior at the Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá. He was ordained a priest on 4 October 1992, and incardinated in the diocese of Pereira. He has held the following offices: parish vicar in Santuario and in Apía, parish priest in Villa Santana, director of the Diocesan Secretariat for Social Pastoral Care, director of diocesan Caritas, rector of the Colegio Católico Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo, parish priest of Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús in Dosquebradas, bursar of the diocese of Pereira, rector of the Seminario Mayor “María Inmaculada” of Pereira, and rector of the Universidad Católica de Pereira. He was appointed bishop of Buenaventura on 30 June 2017, receiving episcopal ordination the following 28 July.