José María de la Torre Martín (9 September 1952 – 14 December 2020) was a Mexican

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bishop.

Biography

De la Torre Martín was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1980. He served as

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of ''Panatoria'' and as auxiliary bishop of the

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, Mexico from 2002 to 2008 and as bishop of the

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, Mexico, from 2008 until his death in 2020. He died in

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on 14 December 2020, after testing positive for

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during the

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