Alejandro Menchaca Lira (31 August 1903 – 21 July 1974) was a

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clergyman and

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for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco. He was born in Concepción, Chile. He became ordained in 1927. He was appointed bishop in 1941. He died on 21 July 1974, at the age of 70.

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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chile 1903 births 1974 deaths People from Concepción, Chile Roman Catholic bishops of Temuco {{Chile-RC-bishop-stub