René Fernández Apaza (January 9, 1924 – August 14, 2013) was a

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of the

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. René Fernández Apaza was born in

Padilla, Bolivia Padilla (originally, San Miguel de La Laguna; subsequently, San Juan de Rodas, and La Laguna) is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia, located southeast by road from Tomina Province. It is the centre of the municipality of the sam ...

ordained a priest on November 28, 1948. Fernández was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Oruro on March 2, 1968, and consecrated on April 21, 1968. Fernández was appointed to the

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on July 30, 1975, and would resign on May 17, 1986. Fernández was appointed

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of the Archdiocese of Sucre November 21, 1981 and succeeds on November 30, 1983. Fernández' s final appointment came on April 16, 1988, to the

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where he would remain until retiring July 8, 1999. He died of an apparent heart attack on August 14, 2013.http://www.radiofides.com/noticia/Sociedad/Murio_Monsenor_Rene_Fernandez_Apaza

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