Càstor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez (19 October 1951 – 8 January 2021) was a Venezuelan

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bishop.

Biography

He was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He served as titular bishop of Vertara and as auxiliary bishop of the

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, Venezuela, from 2007 to 2012. He then served as bishop of the Diocese of Trujillo, from 2012 until his death in 2021. Azuaje Pérez died from

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, Trujillo, on 8 January 2021, at the age of 69, during the

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