Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve

Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve (born 2 December 1940) is a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Barranquilla from 2010 to 2017. He previously served as the first diocesan bishop of Riohacha from 1988 to 1995 and as bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos from 1995 to 2010.

Early life and education Jaramillo Monsalve was born in Rionegro, in the department of Antioquia, Colombia, on 2 December 1940. He studied philosophy at the Major Seminary of Medellín and theology at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Sonsón-Rionegro on 26 July 1966.

His principal consecrator was Bishop Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, with Bishop Óscar Ángel Bernal of Girardota and Bishop Livio Reginaldo Fischione, O.F.M. Cap., serving as principal co-consecrators.

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos On 10 June 1995, John Paul II appointed Jaramillo Monsalve bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos. He took possession of the diocese on 13 July 1995.

Archbishop of Barranquilla On 13 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Jaramillo Monsalve metropolitan archbishop of Barranquilla, succeeding Rubén Salazar Gómez. The appointment was announced by the Holy See on the same date.

He was installed as archbishop on 11 December 2010.

Jaramillo Monsalve subsequently became archbishop emeritus of Barranquilla.