Bishop Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde (2 May 1904 – 3 November 1960) was

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of the

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(1938–1960). Bishop Martin was ordained a priest on October 27, 1927. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Matanzas by

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on May 14, 1938, and was consecrated in the Cathedral of Matanzas on July 3, 1938, when he was 34 years old. His principal consecrator was Archbishop

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of the Archdiocese of Havana and as co-consecrators, Archbishop

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of the

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and Bishop

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, C.P. of the

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. Bishop Martin died on November 3, 1960, at the age of 56.

References

Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba bio

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