Colombia - Priestly and diaconal ordinations in Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia - November 2019 – On 29 November, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Carmen, by the laying on of hands and the consecratory prayer of Msgr. Tito Solari, SDB, bishop emeritus of Cochabamba, three priests and four Salesian deacons were ordained. Also present at the ceremony were Fr Javier Ortiz, Provincial of Bolivia; Fr Francisco Sánchez, Provincial of Ecuador; Fr Luis Fernando Valencia, Provincial of Medellín, Colombia; Fr John Jairo Gómez, Provincial of Bogotá, Colombia; relatives of the newly ordained and various representatives of the Salesian Family groups.