Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval (7 October 1946 – 11 January 2021) was a Colombian

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bishop.

Life

Piedrahíta Sandoval was born in 1946 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1972. He served as

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of ''Centenarian'' and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali,

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, from 1999 to 2007. He then served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Apartadó The Roman Catholic Diocese of Apartadó ( la, Apartadoënsis) is a diocese located in the city of Apartadó in the Ecclesiastical province of Santa Fe de Antioquia in Colombia. History *18 June 1988: Established as Diocese of Apartadó from the ...

, Colombia, from 2007 to 2014 and as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Marta ( la, Sanctae Marthae) is a diocese located in the city of Santa Marta in the Ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia. History * January 10, 1534: Established as Diocese of Santa Marta from ...

, Colombia from 2014 until his death in 2021. He died on 11 January 2021, from

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during the

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, having been diagnosed on 20 December 2020.

References

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