Agustín Romualdo Álvarez Rodríguez (February 11, 1923 – August 11, 2011) was a Spanish

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

of the

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. Agustín Romualdo Álvarez Rodríguez was born in Renedo de Valdetuéjar, Spain, and was ordained a priest on March 12, 1949, from the

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the ...

. He was appointed vicar apostolic of the

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of Machiques on March 10, 1986, as well as titular bishop of Nasbinca and ordained bishop June 7, 1986. He resigned as vicar apostolic of

Machiques Machiques is a city in Zulia State, Venezuela, located in the northwest portion of the country. It is close to the border with Colombia, and the area's main economic activity is cattle raising. On 16 August 2005 West Caribbean Airways Flight 70 ...

October 7, 1995.

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1923 births 2011 deaths Spanish Roman Catholic titular bishops Capuchin bishops Spanish expatriates in Venezuela Spanish Roman Catholic bishops in South America {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub

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