José Antonio Peteiro Freire (20 July 1936 – 25 March 2010) was a
Spanish
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...
-born
Moroccan Roman Catholic
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prelate
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, who served as the third
Archbishop
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of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger () is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Morocco. Headquartered in Tangier, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.
History
* 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the Diocese of Ceuta in Portugal ...
from 2 July 1983 until his retirement on 23 March 2005. He was a member of the
Franciscan
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order (
O.F.M.)
Peteiro Freire died as the Archbishop Emeritus of
Tanger
Tangier ( ; , , ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Morocco.
Many civ ...
in
Santiago de Compostella
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, Spain, on 25 March 2010, at the age of 73. He was born in
Vilasantar
Vilasantar is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Betanzos.
Geography
Vilasantar is located in the south of the comarca of Betanzos. It is bo ...
,
Galicia.
See also
References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. †
1936 births
2010 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Morocco
Spanish Friars Minor
Clergy from Galicia (Spain)
People from Tangier
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Morocco
Roman Catholic archbishops of Tanger
Moroccan Roman Catholic archbishops
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