Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (14 November 1932 – 10 April 2021) was a Venezuelan

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archbishop.

Biography

Chirivella Valera was born in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita The Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita ( la, Dioecesis Margaritensis) is a diocese located on the island of Isla Margarita in the Ecclesiastical province of Cumaná in Venezuela. History On 18 July 1969 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of M ...

, Venezuela, from 1974 to 1982 and as archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto ( la, Archidioecesis Barquisimetensis) is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Venezuela's Lara state. History * Established on 7 March 1863 as Diocese of Barquisimeto, on ter ...

, Venezuela, from 1982 to 2007. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo by John Paul II on June 28, 1999, a position he held until 2001. On December 22, 2007,

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took office. He gave up his position due to age-related reasons. Monsignor Antonio José López Castillo succeeded him. After his retirement, he settled in

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, until his death from

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on 10 April 2021, at the age of 88.

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