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Styles of
**Mario Revollo Bravo**
Styles of; Mario Revollo Bravo
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Bogotá

His Eminence

Mario Revollo Bravo
His Eminence; Mario Revollo Bravo
Cardinal; Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá
	Tomb at the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá
Appointed	25 June 1984
Term ended	13 August 1994
Predecessor	Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Successor	Pedro Rubiano Sáenz
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola (1988-95)
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia (1973-78); Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (1973-78); President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (1978-84); Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona (1978-84); Military Vicar of Colombia (1984-85);
Orders
Ordination	31 October 1943; by Luigi Traglia
Consecration	2 December 1973; by Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Created cardinal	28 June 1988; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Mario Revollo Bravo; 15 June 1919; Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died	3 November 1995 (aged 76); Bogotá, Colombia
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University; Pontifical Biblical Institute;
Motto	Vis pacis
Coat of arms

Mario Revollo Bravo (19 September 1919 - 3 November 1995) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Bogotá from 1984 to 1994. He was made a cardinal in 1988.

Biography

Mario Revollo Bravo was born in Genoa, Italy, where his father was Colombian consul in that city. He was the third of the six children. He was ordained 31 October 1943 in Rome by Cardinal Luigi Traglia.

Pope Paul VI appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Bogotá on 13 November 1973. He was elected president of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia in 1978 and held that position until Pope John Paul II transferred him to the metropolitan see of Bogotá on 25 June 1984.

Pope John Paul II made Revollo Bravo Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola in the consistory of 1988. He retired as archbishop in 1994. He died on 3 November 1995.

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External links

Database of Catholic Information

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Aníbal Muñoz Duque	Archbishop of Bogotá 25 June 1984–27 December 1994	Succeeded by Pedro Rubiano Sáenz

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