Armando Amaral dos Santos (4 March 1929 in

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– 14 October 1973) was an Angolan clergyman and

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for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguela The Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguela ( la, Dioecesis Benguelensis) is a diocese located in the city of Benguela in the Ecclesiastical province of Huambo in Angola. History * June 6, 1970: Established as Diocese of Benguela from the Diocese of N ...

. He became ordained in 1956. He was appointed bishop in 1970. He died on 14 October 1973, at the age of 44.

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1929 births 1973 deaths People from Bié Province 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Angola Roman Catholic bishops of Benguela {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub