Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta (19 April 1918 – 28 May 2009) was a Spanish
Bishop
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. At the age of 91, he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church.
Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta was born in
Miravalles,
Spain
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, and was ordained as a priest on 27 June 1943. He was appointed Bishop of the
Diocese of León on 9 July 1971, and was ordained on 25 September 1971. On 16 February 1979 Legarreta was appointed to the
Diocese of Bilbao, where he remained until his retirement on 8 September 1995.
References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy Bilbao DioceseLeón Diocese
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1918 births
2009 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain