Miguel Ángel Builes
Venerable Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez | |
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| Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos | |
Builes on 3 July 1927. | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Santa Rosa de Osos |
| See | Santa Rosa de Osos |
| Appointed | 27 May 1924 |
| Installed | 22 October 1924 |
| Term ended | 29 September 1971 |
| Predecessor | Maximiliano Crespo Rivera |
| Successor | Joaquín García Ordóñez |
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| Ordination | 29 November 1914 by Maximiliano Crespo Rivera |
| Consecration | 3 August 1924 by Roberto Vicentini |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez 9 September 1888 |
| Died | 29 September 1971 (aged 83) Medellín, Colombia |
| Motto | Certa bonum certamen Fidei ("Fight the good fight of faith") |
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| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Venerable |
| Attributes | Episcopal attire |
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Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez (9 September 1888 - 29 September 1971) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos from 1924 until his death. He was the founder of the Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal (1927) and the Missionaries of Saint Thérèse (1929) as well as the Contemplative Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (1939) and the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy (1951). Builes was a prolific writer of pastoral letters and he condemned a vast range of issues in Colombian life that he deemed to be either too liberal or in breach of traditional doctrine; among those he condemned were women wearing trousers and various dance forms. He was a staunch defender of the faith which made him a controversial figure in his diocese with those praising and condemning him for his activism; but there were those who praised his orthodox views and his defense of doctrine in the face of a wave of secularism.
Despite the controversies that surrounded him the beatification cause for the late bishop opened in 1990 and he became titled as a Servant of God as the first stage in the process. Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 19 May 2018 after confirming Builes led a life of heroic virtue.