Juan María Leonardi Villasmil (February 11, 1947,

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– June 7, 2014) was a

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1979, Villasmil was named

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of Lesvi and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida,

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, in 1994. In 1997, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Punto Fijo in 1997. He died while still in office.Juan Maria Leonardi Villasmil
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