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Xavier Albó Corrons, S.J., (4 November 1934 – 20 January 2023) was a Spanish-Bolivian
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priest,
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, and
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, with expertise in the indigenous peoples and rural populations of
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.


Biography

Albó was born in
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, in
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, Spain, and joined the
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in 1951. In 1952, he moved to Bolivia and later became a naturalized citizen of the country. He was decorated with the
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, the highest civilian honor of the Bolivian state, on 6 April 2016. Albó co-founded the Center for Research and Promotion of Farmers (''Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado'', CIPCA) in 1971.History CIPCA. Accessed 5 April 2016.
/ref> He served as its first director through 1976.


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1934 births 2023 deaths Bolivian anthropologists Bolivian Jesuits 20th-century Spanish Jesuits Immigrants to Bolivia Spanish emigrants Bolivian Roman Catholic priests People from Vallès Oriental {{Spain-anthropologist-stub