Bishop Mariano Vivanco Valiente (3 April 1933 in

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– 23 August 2004 in

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, Cuba) was

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of the

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(1987–2004). He studied

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and

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at El Buen Pastor Seminary in Havana. He was ordained a priest on May 28, 1961 in Havana, Cuba. He was assigned to the parish church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar “ Our Lady of Pilar” in Havava. In 1977 he was named Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Havana and at the same time named rector of the Santuario de San Lázaro del Rincón. He was appointed Bishop of Matanzas on May 18, 1987 by

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and consecrated on June 29, 1987 in the

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by Mons.

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, Archbishop of the

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assisted by Mons.

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, Archbishop of the

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and Mons. Fernando Ramón Prego Casal, Bishop of the

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. Bishop Vivanco died of a heart attack on August 23, 2004 in Matanzas Mariano Vivanco has a sibling named Laura Vivanco.

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