José María Larrauri Lafuente (4 March 1918 – 9 December 2008) was a Spanish

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of the

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. At the time of his death, aged 90, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and one of oldest bishops of Spain. Lafuente was born in

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and was ordained a priest on 29 June 1948 in

. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Pamplona on 21 September 1970, along with the Titular Bishop of Aufinium, and was ordained a bishop on 4 November 1970. On 16 February 1979 Legarreta was appointed to the Vitoria Diocese and would remain there until his retirement on 8 September 1995.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy

Vitoria Diocese Site

José María Larrauri Lafuente's obituary
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