Later, in the parish of San Juan de Girón and in the province of García Rovira in the city of Málaga, all these places of evangelization knew of his apostolic zeal, of his cherished faith and of his concern to leave works of spiritual and social benefit.
On August 19, 1995, Pope John Paul II named him Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cali, replacing Monsignor Pedro Rubiano Sáenz.
[4] He was killed on 16 March 2002 by two armed men who shot him as he was leaving a religious ceremony (a collective marriage of more than 100 couples in the Buen Pastor church, Aguablanca district) in Cali.
Pope John Paul II expressed his sorrow at the murder of the archbishop of Cali and urged Colombians to continue through dialogue and to reject any kind of violence, blackmail and kidnapping.
[5] His funeral rites took place on Tuesday, March 19, and were presided over by the Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Archbishop of Bogotá, in the presence of more than 70 bishops from all over Latin America who traveled to the city of Cali, Colombian President Andrés Pastrana and his cabinet, presidential candidates, civil, ecclesiastical and military authorities from Valle del Cauca, and more than 20,000 faithful who accompanied him in Caicedo Square in front of the Cathedral.
[9] Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at es:Isaías Duarte Cancino; see its history for attribution.