Rubén Salazar Gómez

His Eminence

Rubén Salazar Gómez
Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop Emertius of Bogotá
Primate Emeritus of Colombia
ArchdioceseBogotá
Appointed8 July 2010
Installed13 August 2010
Term ended25 April 2020
PredecessorPedro Rubiano Sàenz
SuccessorLuis José Rueda Aparicio
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination20 May 1967
by José Joaquín Flórez Hernández
Consecration25 March 1992
by Paolo Romeo
Created cardinal24 November 2012
by Pope Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1942-09-22) 22 September 1942
Bogotá, Colombia
NationalityColombian
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoTunc Dixi Ecce Venio (English:Behold I have come as I said)
Coat of arms
Styles of
Rubén Salazar Gómez
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBogotá

Jesús Rubén Darío Salazar Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen salaˈsaɾ ˈɣomes]; born 22 September 1942) is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá from 2010 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2012. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla from 1999 to 2010.