José María Larrauri Lafuente, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
About José María Larrauri Lafuente
- José María Larrauri Lafuente (March 4, 1918 – December 9, 2008) was a Spanish Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
- At the time of his death, aged 90, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and one of oldest bishops of Spain. Lafuente was born in Vitoria, Spain and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1948 in Vitoria, Spain.
- He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Pamplona on September 21, 1970, along with the Titular Bishop of Aufinium, and was ordained a bishop on November 4, 1970.
- On February 16, 1979 Legarreta was appointed to the Vitoria Diocese and would remain there until his retirement on September 8, 1995.
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