What is José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez?
'''José de Jesús Horacio Pimiento Rodríguez''' (February 18, 1919 &ndash; September 3, 2019) was a [[Colombia]]n [[Prelate]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. At the age of 100, he was the [[List of living cardinals|oldest living]] [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/b0c12.html | title=Oldest and Youngest - Cardinals &#91;Catholic-Hierarchy&#93; }}</ref> Rodríguez was born in [[Zapatoca]], [[Colombia]]. He was ordained a priest on December 14, 1941. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasto|Diocese of Pasto]], as well as Titular Bishop of Apollonis on June 14, 1955 and consecrated on August 28, 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.va/en/news/230499 |title=Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali |publisher=NEWS.VA Official Vatican Network |date=4 January 2015 |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-date=13 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112834/http://www.news.va/en/news/230499 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On December 30, 1959, he was appointed bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Montería|Diocese of Monteria]] and was then appointed bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Garzón|Diocese of Garzón-Neiva]] February 29, 1964. His final appointment as bishop was on May 22, 1975 to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales|Archdiocese of Manizales]], from which he retired on October 15, 1996. Pimiento Rodríguez died on September 3, 2019 at a retreat house in Floridablanca near [[Bucaramanga]] of [[heart failure]] caused from a fall, aged 100.<ref>[https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/fallecio-monsenor-jose-de-jesus-pimiento-el-cardenal-mas-viejo-del-mundo-408452 Fallece en Santander el que sería el cardenal más viejo del mundo] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pimiento Rodriguez, Jose De Jesus}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[