Hernán Alvarado Solano

Hernán Alvarado Solano (January 26, 1946 – January 31, 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia. As a young boy, he studied at the Minor Seminary Nuestra Señora de la Asunción of Zipaquirá.

He was a quiet boy with a strong and firm character. He was observant of the world around him. He studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Bogotá.

Ordained in 1971, Hernán Alvarado Solano was appointed in 2001as bishop of the Vicar Apostolic of Guapi. When he died, he was bishop of his mission territory, a remote area of Colombia, cultural and politically.^[1]