Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso (January 26, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was a

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for the

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. Larraín Valdivieso was of

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descent.

Biography

In 1950, Larraín Valdivieso was ordained as a priest at the age of 25. On September 12, 1966 he was appointed as Bishop of

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, Chile. He was also appointed as

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of Theudalis. He resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Chile in 1968. He resigned as Titular Bishop in 1975, he was succeeded by

Guillermo Leaden Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. (July 20, 1913 – July 14, 2014) was an Argentine bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of 100, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and the oldest Argentine bishop. Life Leaden was born in Buenos Air ...

, one of the oldest bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. He died on December 20, 2008.

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Catholic-Hierarchy - Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso
1925 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chile Chilean people of Basque descent

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