José Fernández Arteaga (12 September 1933 – 17 December 2021) was a Mexican prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who served as archbishop of
Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
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. He previously served as the bishop of
Apatzingán
Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Apatzingán in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Geography
The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Tie ...
from 1974 to 1980 and
Colima
Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima.
Colima i ...
from 1980 to 1988.
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1933 births
2021 deaths
People from Michoacán
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico
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