Virgilio López Irias O.F.M. (born 29 Sep, 1937 in

La Ceiba La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern bo ...

) was a Honduran clergyman and

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (Honduras) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (erected 3 July 1987) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. History The Diocese of Trujillo was founded as the Diocese of Honduras; in 1561, the Diocese of Comayagua was established on terr ...

. He became ordained in 1973. He was appointed bishop in 1987. He died in 2004.https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blopezi.html CH

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