Héctor Epalza Quintero

Héctor Epalza Quintero (14 June 1940–2 February 2021) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura.

Quotes

 * The Church works for the proclamation and the complaint, in order to live in peace. This task begins in the family, which is the first school, and where there should be no violence. We must be agents of life, respectful of people, diversity and the environment.
 * The Bishop of Buenaventura: "Solving the problem of violence with social investment" (17 January 2013)


 * I told the President of Colombia that in Buenaventura there were more than a thousand deaf people that needed assistance, among many other groups of the population. But I realized that the local authorities are also deaf and dumb.
 * We need leaders who are committed and not "deaf and dumb authorities" says Mgr. Epalza (26 January 2015)


 * Buenaventura can no longer handle the events of the moment, it needs structural solutions to structural problems. No cotton to buffer the wound, we need to intervene.
 * "Buenaventura needs structural solutions": Bishop Epalza for dialogue with the government (22 May 2017)