Padre Camilo Torres

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Padre Camilo Torres was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and revolutionary who became a prominent figure in Latin American liberation theology and leftist guerrilla movements in the 1960s.

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instanceOf Colombian
Roman Catholic priest
human
revolutionary
sociologist
burialPlace body not recovered
canonizationStatus not canonized
causeOfDeath killed in action
countryOfCitizenship Colombia
dateJoined 1965
dateOfBirth 1929-02-03
dateOfDeath 1966-02-15
educatedAt Catholic University of Leuven NERFINISHED
National University of Colombia NERFINISHED
employer National University of Colombia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Mestizo Colombians NERFINISHED
familyName Torres Restrepo NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork liberation theology
social justice
sociology
givenName Camilo NERFINISHED
hasOccupation guerrilla fighter
hasReligionRole proponent of politically engaged Christianity
inspired Christian left movements in Latin America
subsequent liberation theologians
joined Ejército de Liberación Nacional NERFINISHED
knownFor participation in Colombian guerrilla movement
role in early Latin American liberation theology
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
mainInterest overcoming social inequality in Colombia
peasant and urban poor rights
memberOf Ejército de Liberación Nacional NERFINISHED
movement Christian socialism
Latin American left
liberation theology NERFINISHED
notableIdea duty of Christians to participate in revolutionary struggle for the poor
notableWork pastoral and political writings on social justice in Colombia
occupation priest
sociologist
university professor
placeOfBirth Bogotá NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Departamento de Santander NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology left-wing politics
revolutionary socialism
positionHeld chaplain of the National University of Colombia
co-founder of the Faculty of Sociology at the National University of Colombia
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male

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Camilo Torres Restrepo alsoKnownAs Padre Camilo Torres