Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños

Infobox Christian leader type = Bishop name = Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños title = Bishop Emeritus of Pasto image = Julio Enrique Prado Bolaños-Obispo de Pasto.jpg church = Catholic Church diocese = Diocese of Pasto term = 2 February 1995 – 1 October 2020 predecessor = Arturo Salazar Mejía successor = other_post = Apostolic Administrator of Tumaco (2015-2017) previous_post = Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior (1992-1995)Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (1992-1995) ordination = 3 December 1967 ordained_by = Alonso Arteaga Yepes consecration = 22 August 1992 consecrated_by = Gustavo Martínez Frías

Biography He entered the Sacred Hearts Seminary in Pasto, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. He earned a degree in Theology from the Pontifical Javeriana University in Bogotá, and specialized in Philosophy and Humanism at Santo Tomás University.

Episcopate

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali Pope John Paul II, on 8 July 1992, appointed him auxiliary bishop of Cali, and on 22 August of the same year he received episcopal ordination in the cathedral of Ipiales, from the bishop of that city, Gustavo Martínez Frías. The pope appointed him titular bishop of Furnos Maior.

Bishop of Pasto He was assigned to the Diocese of Pasto on 2 February 1995.

A promoter of social, cultural, and religious works, he is best known for founding the Catholic University of the South in 2018, a significant contribution to education in Nariño.