Juan Merlo de la Fuente (died in 1665) was a

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clergyman and

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for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua The Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. The present diocese, erected 13 March 1963, revives a larger colonial bishopric. Its present cathedral episc ...

. He was in

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. He became ordained in 1651. He was appointed bishop in 1650. He died in 1665.

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Year of birth missing Mexican Roman Catholic priests 1665 deaths People from Comayagua 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Honduras Roman Catholic bishops of Comayagua {{Mexico-RC-bishop-stub