Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (12 November 1925, Arequipa, Peru – 28 September 2009, Lima, Peru) was the

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vian Archbishop of the

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with

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on 4 August 1957. He served as Archbishop of the

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, aged 83.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †
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