Leopoldo Lara y Torres
Leopoldo Lara y Torres (born November 15, 1874 in Quiroga , Michoacán , Mexico , † November 20, 1939 in Tacámbaro ) was a Mexican clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Tacámbaro .
Life
Leopoldo Lara y Torres received in 1895 in the Catedral de las Monjas in Morelia by the Archbishop of Michoacán , José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chavez , the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On December 23, 1920 Pope Benedict XV appointed him . to the first bishop of Tacámbaro. The Archbishop of Michoacán, Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres , donated him episcopal ordination on June 29, 1921 in the Cathedral of San Jerónimo in Tacámbaro ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of León , Emeterio Valverde y Téllez , and the Bishop of Querétaro , Francisco Banegas y Galván .
Leopoldo Lara y Torres resigned as Bishop of Tacámbaro on April 18, 1933. Then Pope Pius XI appointed him . as titular bishop of Halicarnassus .
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Tacámbaro 1920–1933 |
Manuel Pío López Estrada |
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SURNAME | Lara y Torres, Leopoldo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tacámbaro |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1874 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quiroga , Michoacan , Mexico |
DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1939 |
Place of death | Tacámbaro |