Cândido Lorenzo González (23 September 1925 – 17 December 2019) was a Spanish

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bishop who served in Brazil. He was a member of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (

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). Lorenzo González was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato ( la, Dioecesis Raymundianus) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state. Its cathedral episcopal see is Cate ...

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from 1969 to 2002.Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

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1925 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Spanish expatriates in Brazil Spanish Roman Catholic bishops in South America Roman Catholic bishops of São Raimundo Nonato {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub