Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. (July 20, 1913 – July 14, 2014) was an Argentine bishop of the

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. At the age of 100, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and the oldest Argentine bishop.

Life

Leaden was born in

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in 1913. He was ordained a priest of the

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of the

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in November 1941. After this, he worked as a teacher in Buenos Aires. In 1969, he was appointed episcopal vicar of Belgrano. On May 28, 1975 he was appointed

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of Theudalis and Auxiliary Bishop of

and was ordained August 8, 1975. In 1976, a few months into the

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, his brother Alfredo was assassinated in the Palottino Massacre.

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recently launched the cause for Alfredo's beatification. On April 10, 1992, Leaden retired from all his posts. After his retirement, Leaden still lived in Buenos Aires, where he died a few days before his 101st birthday.

References

External links

Catholic-HierarchyDiocese Site
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