José Antonio Peteiro Freire (20 July 1936 – 25 March 2010) was a

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-born Moroccan

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, who served as the third

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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

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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 ...

Santiago de Compostella Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedra ...

, 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.

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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 {{Morocco-bio-stub

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