Bogotá, Colombia - November 2018 – Ordained deacons on 25 November, in the Salesian theologate "Santo Tomás de Aquino", via the laying on of hands and the consecratory prayer of Msgr. Héctor Julio López, SDB, bishop emeritus of Girardot, were five Salesians belonging to the Provinces of: Bolivia (2), Peru (2) and Ecuador (1). Present at the ceremony were Fr Javier Ortiz, Provincial of Bolivia, Fr Francisco Sánchez, Provincial of Ecuador and Fr Manuel Cayo, Provincial of Peru.