Domingo Pérez Cáceres, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish bishop (1882-1961)
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Place of Birth: Güímar, Canary Islands, Spain
About Domingo Pérez Cáceres
- Domingo Pérez Cáceres (November 10, 1892, Güímar, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) - August 1, 1961, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife) was a Spanish ecclesiastic, eighth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
- Was one of the most prominent bishops in the history of the Canary Islands, being well known for their aid to poor people in Canary Islands (it was known as the "bishop of the poor"), who gave money, and for his many positions in the Catholic Church. But above all it is known to be the driving force behind the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands.
- He was also the first and only bishop born in Tenerife that ruled his own native diocese, the Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, also called Diocese of Tenerife or Diocese Nivariense and overall it was also the first canary bishop in governing the diocese also Canarian.
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