Fernando Torres Durán (2 August 1937 – 13 November 2019) was a Panamanian
Roman Catholic
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bishop.
Durán was born in
Colombia
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. He served as
titular bishop
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of ''Abaradira'' and as
auxiliary bishop
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...
of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá
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,
Panama
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from 1996 to 1999. Durán then served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré (erected 21 July 1962) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá.
Bishops Ordinaries
* José María Carrizo Villarreal (1963–1994)
* José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1994–1999), appoin ...
, Panama, from 1999 to 2013.
Diocese of Chitre
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1937 births
2019 deaths
Auxiliary bishops of Panamá
Roman Catholic bishops of Chitré
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