Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga

His Excellency Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga
Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja
Appointed	2 February 1998
Term ended	11 February 2020
Predecessor	Augusto Trujillo Arango
Successor	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo and Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae (1986–1998)
Orders
Ordination	24 December 1967
Consecration	29 November 1986 by Angelo Acerbi
Personal details
Born	(1942-04-08)8 April 1942 Bogotá, Colombia
Died	2 August 2022(2022-08-02) (aged 80) Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga (8 April 1942 – 2 August 2022) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate.

Biography

Castro Quiroga was born in Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He served as the titular bishop of Aquae Flaviae and the vicar apostolic of San Vicente from 1986 to 1998. He was appointed to serve as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja, Colombia from 1998 until his retirement in 2020.^[1]

He died as a result of COVID-19.

References

1. "Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Augusto Trujillo Arango	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja 1998–2020	Succeeded by Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos
Preceded by Post created	Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente-Puerto Leguízamo 1986–1998	Succeeded by Francisco Javier Múnera Correa
Preceded by Edouard Mununu Kasiala	Titular Bishop of Aquae Flaviae 1986–1998	Succeeded by Vicente Costa