Florencio Olvera Ochoa (12 October 1933 – 20 December 2020) was a Mexican

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of the

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from 2002 to 2009. Olvera was born in

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, Mexico. He was ordained priest in

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in 1958, was appointed bishop of

Tabasco Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It is located in ...

in 1992 and bishop of

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in 2002. On 10 July 2009

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accepted his resignation for reaching the age limit of 75 years. Ochoa died from COVID-19 in 2020.

Electoral Decalogue

Ignoring Mexican electoral laws, Bishop Olvera published an "Electoral Decalogue" that attempts to indicate to Mexican

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s for which political party to vote in the 2009

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References and sources

Bishop Florencio Olvera Ochoa

Obispo alienta a mexicanos a elegir sabiamente con decálogo electoral

Cita Gobernación a Florencio Olvera, obispo de Cuernavaca

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