Benjamín Barrera y Reyes (December 28, 1902 in
Sensuntepeque,
Cabañas – February 4, 1999 in
Santa Ana) was a
bishop from
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
.
Appointed in 1942 by Pope
Pius XII Auxiliary Bishop of
Santa Ana, became its
bishop in 1954. He resigned on February 25, 1981.
He took part in all four sessions of the
Second Vatican Council.
References
Catholic-hierarchy.org
1902 births
1999 deaths
People from Sensuntepeque
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in El Salvador
Roman Catholic bishops of Santa Ana
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