Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago

Noel Antonio Londoño Buitrago C.Ss.R. (commonly Noel Londoño; He completed his studies in philosophy at the Redemptorist seminary in the Suba neighborhood of Bogota and in theology at the Major Seminary of Bogotá. From 1981 to 1985 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning his licentiate and doctorate in dogmatic theology with a dissertation on the theology of the Passion of Christ in the works of St. Alphonsus Liguori. He received his episcopal consecration on 10 August 2013 from another Redemptorist, Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, in the Buga basilica. He was installed in Jericó on 24 August.

He has long opposed the efforts of the South African multinational AngloGold Ashanti, with support from the national government, to develop its Quebradona copper mining operations in Jericó. He has condemned the company's human rights record and ties to genocide in the Congo as well as history of environmental abuse in Ghana. He has charged government agencies with corruption in promoting mining enterprises, though he says he does not oppose mining in general. He succeeded in having the project shelved in 2021. He has explained his opposition based on experiences throughout his career, in Putumayo and Chocó, for examples, seeing corporate abuse of the environment and exploitation of the miners and the local population. He has also taught his priests and seminarians the principals of ecology and theology, and he plans to share his education program with Church leaders internationally.

In 2021, he defended the Church's procedures for handling accusations of sexual abuse on the part of a priest, requiring suspension while charges are investigated. He warned of far greater problems in other public institutions and within families.