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Octavio Betancourt Arango was a Colombian lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was born in Abejorral, Antioquia, Colombia, on 4 January 1928. He studied law at the University of Antioquia and graduated in 1952. He was a member of the Colombian Liberal Party and served as a congressman from 1962 to 1966. He was also a member of the Colombian Senate from 1966 to 1970. In 1970, he was appointed as the Ambassador of Colombia to the United Nations. He served in this position until 1974. He was also the Ambassador of Colombia to the United States from 1974 to 1978. In 1978, he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. He served in this position until 1982. He was also the Minister of Defense of Colombia from 1982 to 1984. In 1984, he was appointed as the Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom. He served in this position until 1988. Octavio Betancourt Arango died on 28 April, 2017 in Bogotá, Colombia at the age of 89.

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Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 4 January 1928
Birthday 4 January
Birthplace Abejorral, Colombia
Date of death (2017-06-18)
Died Place Medellín, Colombia
Nationality Colombia

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1975

On November 10, 1975, he was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Garzón, where he remained until April 1977 when he resigned for health reasons. Since July 1977 he has been linked to the Regional Ecclesiastical Court of Medellin.

1970

On November 23, 1970, he was appointed titular bishop of Germania in Dacia and an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín. He received the episcopal consecration on February 2, 1971, from the hands of Monsignor Tulio Botero Salazar in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín.

1962

In November 1962 he was appointed secretary of the Colombian Episcopate in Bogota, where he returned in July 1966. He was then designated as the spiritual father of the seminary. In May 1968 was appointed Chancellor and in September 1969 Vicar General.

1953

He was cooperating vicar in Caldas and Titiribí. In August 1953 traveled to Rome to study and obtained the degree of Canon Law in the Pontifical Lateran University. He returned to Colombia in late 1956. He was Vice-Chancellor, professor of the Seminary, chaplain of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament and Chancellor.

1951

He was born on January 4, 1928, in the municipality of Abejorral, Antioquia, his parents were Vicente Betancourt and María Arango. He studied at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana until he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1945. In 1946 he entered the Medellín Major Seminary and after he was ordained a priest by Monsignor Joaquín García Benítez on 1 November 1951.

1928

Octavio Betancourt Arango (January 4, 1928 – June 18, 2017) was the Colombian Catholic prelate. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín from November 23, 1970, until November 10, 1975, and a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Garzón from November 10, 1975, until April 26, 1977.