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. ==References==