Ricardo Watty Urquidi (July 16, 1938 – November 1, 2011) was a

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bishop of the Diocese of Tepic in

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, Mexico. Born in

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, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. In 1980 he was named bishop. He died in Tepic on November 1, 2011, aged 73, from

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...

. Urquidi was assigned to lead the Mexican section of the

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during the Legion's reform process in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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