José Antonio Peteiro Freire (20 July 1936 – 25 March 2010) was a

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-born Moroccan

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, who served as the third Archbishop of the

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from 2 July 1983 until his retirement on 23 March 2005. He was a member of the

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order ( O.F.M.) Peteiro Freire died as the Archbishop Emeritus of

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, Spain, on 25 March 2010, at the age of 73. He was born in

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, Galicia.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. †
1936 births 2010 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Morocco Spanish Friars Minor People from Galicia (Spain) People from Tangier 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Morocco Roman Catholic archbishops of Tanger Moroccan Roman Catholic archbishops {{Morocco-bio-stub

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