Julio Parise Loro (21 July 1920 – 5 October 2010) was an Italian

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of the

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. Loro was born in

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, Italy and was ordained a priest on 15 August 1944 from the

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religious order of the

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. Loro was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Napo as well as titular bishop of Thagamuta on 5 October 1974 and was ordained bishop on 8 December 1974. Loro was appointed

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of the

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on 27 April 1978 and served until his retirement on 2 August 1996.

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