On February 11, Pope Francis appointed Miguel Fernando González Mariño, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Ibagué (Colombia), from the clergy of the Diocese of Santa Marta. He studied the high school program Theology at the School of Theology and Philosophy at the School Ecclesiastical Philosophy of the University of Navarra. During those years (1993-1998) he resided at the International Ecclesiastical high school Bidasoa.

The new bishop was born in 1966 and was ordained to the priesthood on August 1, 1998. degree program Throughout his professional career, Gonzalez Mariño has been chaplain at the parish of Santa Maria Regina della Pace in Rome, parish administrator at St. Joseph Parish in Pueblo Viejo, chaplain of high school La presentation in Santa Marta and pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in El Reten.