Lucas Martínez Lara (13 March 1946 – 9 April 2016) was a Mexican

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1968, Martinez Lara was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of

Matehuala Matehuala is a city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, situated at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with ...

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in 2006; he died while still in office.Diocese of Matehuala
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1946 births 2016 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico {{mexico-RC-bishop-stub