Rafael Llano Cifuentes (18 February 1933 – 28 November 2017) was a Mexican-born Brazilian

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prelate. Born in

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and raised in Brazil, Llano Cifuentes was ordained to the priesthood in 1959, and as a bishop in 1990. He served as the Bishop of

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from 2004 until his retirement in 2010. He died on 28 November 2017 in

Tijuca Tijuca () (meaning marsh or swamp in the Tupi language, from ''ty'' ("water") and ''îuk'' ("rotten")) is a neighbourhood of the Northern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena squar ...

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, at the age of 84.

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