Juan Antonio Flores Santana (July 3, 1927 – November 9, 2014) was a

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archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood on July 12, 1952, Flores Santana was named bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Vega ( la, Dioecesis Vegensis) (erected 25 September 1953) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros. Bishops Ordinaries * Francisco Panal Ramírez, O.F.M. (1956 - 1965) * Juan Anto ...

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, on April 24, 1966, and was ordained bishop of June 12, 1966. On June 13, 1992, he was appointed bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum) is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic. History * Established on 25 September 1953 as the Diocese of Santiago de ...

and then archbishop of the same diocese on February 14, 1994, from which he retired on July 16, 2003.Juan Antonio Flores Santana
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