Rosendo Álvarez Gastón
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Rosendo Álvarez Gastón (August 10, 1926–February 3, 2014) was a Spanish
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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1951, he was appointed bishop of the
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, in 1985. In 1989, he became bishop of the Diocese of Almeria retiring in 2002,Rosendo Álvarez Gastón
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1926 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub