The Military Bishopric of Colombia is a military ordinariate

Military ordinariate

A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, of Latin or Eastern Rite, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation....

 of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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. Immediately subject to the Holy See

Holy See

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, it provides pastoral care

Pastoral care

Pastoral care is the ministry of care and counseling provided by pastors, chaplains and other religious leaders to members of their church or congregation, or to persons of all faiths and none within institutional settings. This can range anywhere from home visitation to formal counseling provided...

 to Roman Catholics serving in the Colombian Armed Forces and their families.

History

It was first established as a military vicariate on 13 October 1949, but the first military vicar was not appointed until 14 July 1950. It was elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986. The military ordinary

Ordinary

In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...

's seat

Cathedra

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 is located at the Military Cathedral of Jesus Christ Redeemer (Catedral Castrense Jesucristo Redentor) in the city of Bogota

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 in 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...

.

Military vicars

• Crisanto Luque Sánchez
  Crisanto Luque Sánchez
  Crisanto Luque Sánchez was a Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1950 to 1959, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.-Biography:...
  
   (appointed 14 July 1950 – died 7 May 1959)
• Luis Concha Córdoba
  Luis Concha Córdoba
  Luis Concha Córdoba was a Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1959 to 1972, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1961.-Biography:...
  
   (appointed 19 May 1959 – retired 29 July 1972)
• Aníbal Muñoz Duque
  Anibal Muñoz Duque
  Aníbal Muñoz Duque was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and former Archbishop of Bogotá.He was born in Santa Rosa de Osos Colombia as the son of José María Muñoz and Ana Rosa Duque. He was educated at the Seminary of Santa Rosa de Osos. He was ordained to the priesthood November 19, 1933...
  
   (appointed 30 July 1972 – retired 7 June 1985)
• Mario Revollo Bravo
  Mario Revollo Bravo
  Mario Revollo Bravo was a Cardinal and Archbishop of Bogotá in the Roman Catholic Church.Born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained October 31, 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia...
  
   (appointed 25 June 1984 – resigned 7 June 1985)
• Víctor Manuel López Forero (appointed 7 June 1985 – became military ordinary 21 July 1986)

Military ordinaries

• Víctor Manuel López Forero (appointed 21 July 1986 – translated to the Archdiocese of Nueva Pamplona 21 June 1994)
• Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos (appointed 24 June 1997 – resigned 19 January 2001)
• Fabio Suescún Mutis (current incumbent, appointed 19 January 2001)