Alejandro Mestre Descals
Alejandro Mestre Descals SJ (born December 12, 1912 in Cuart de Poblet , Spain , † June 26, 1988 ) was coadjutor archbishop of La Paz .
Life
Alejandro Mestre Descals joined the Congregation of the Jesuits in and received on 30 July 1943, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On March 6, 1976, Pope Paul VI appointed him . the titular bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Sucre . The Archbishop of Sucre, Josef Clemens Cardinal Maurer CSsR , donated him episcopal ordination on May 1st of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia , Archbishop Giuseppe Laigueglia , and the Bolivian Military Bishop , René Fernández Apaza .
On June 28, 1982 Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor archbishop of La Paz and elevated him to titular archbishop. On February 24, 1987, John Paul II accepted Alejandro Mestre Descals' resignation due to reasons of age.
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| SURNAME | Mestre Descals, Alejandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish clergyman, Archbishop of Coadjutor of La Paz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cuart de Poblet , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1988 |