Fernando Torres Durán (2 August 1937 – 13 November 2019) was a Panamanian

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bishop. Durán was born in

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. He served as

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of ''Abaradira'' and as auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá (erected 28 August 1513 as the Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, and its suffragan dioceses include Chitré, Colón-Kuna Yala, David, Penonomé ...

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from 1996 to 1999. Durán then served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré (erected 21 July 1962) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá. Bishops Ordinaries * José María Carrizo Villarreal (1963–1994) *José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1994–1999), appoin ...

, Panama, from 1999 to 2013.Diocese of Chitre
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1937 births 2019 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Panamá Roman Catholic bishops of Chitré {{Panama-RC-bishop-stub