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Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo

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Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo
OCD
Bishop Emeritus of the Military Ordinariate of Bolivia
Church Catholic Church
In office 14 April 2000 – 4 April 2012
Predecessor Mario Lezana Vaca
Successor Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Themisonium (1983-2000)
Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz (1983-2000)
Orders
Ordination 21 September 1964
Consecration 7 January 1984
by Jorge Manrique Hurtado[1]
Personal details
Born Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo
20 September 1936
La Paz, Bolivia
Died 14 January 2019 (aged 82)
Cochabamba, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

Gonzalo Ramiro de Jesús María del Castillo Crespo (20 September 1936 – 14 January 2019) was a Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop.

Early life

Del Castillo Crespo was born in Bolivia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as titular bishop of Themisonium and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz, Bolivia, from 1983 to 2000 and as bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Bolivia from 2000 to 2012.[2]

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