Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada O.F.M. (February 14, 1922 – August 8, 2011) was a

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. Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada was born in Huanta, Peru, ordained a priest on July 14, 1946 from the religious order of the

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. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Piura as well as titular bishop of Thucca in Numidia. Prada was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1975, succeeding as bishop on November 20, 1979. He would retire on May 23, 1991.

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