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Jose Crisologo Sorra (9 March 1929 – 21 January 2021) was a Filipino
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bishop. Sorra was born in
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, in the
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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as bishop of the
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from 1974 to 1993 and as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi The Diocese of Legazpi (Latin: ''Dioecesis Legazpiensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. It constitutes the entire province of Albay in the Philippines. The diocese was erected in 1951, carved from territory of the ...
from 1993 to 2005.Diocese of Legazpi
/ref> Upon his retirement, Sorra moved to
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in a retreat center called Bethlehem. He died due to respiratory failure on January 21, 2021, in Legazpi.


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1929 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines People from Albay 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Roman Catholic bishops of Legazpi {{Philippines-RC-bishop-stub