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José Oscar Barahona Castillo

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José Oscar Barahona Castillo
Bishop of San Vicente
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of San Vicente
In office 6 June 1983 – 4 June 2005
Predecessor Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla
Successor José Luis Escobar Alas
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Mibiarca (1982-1983)
Auxiliary Bishop of San Vicente (1982-1983)
Orders
Ordination 20 June 1963
Consecration 9 October 1982
by Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla[1]
Personal details
Born 29 November 1938
Mercedes La Ceiba, La Paz Department, El Salvador
Died 22 October 2016 (aged 77)

Mons. José Oscar Barahona Castillo (11 November 1938 – 22 October 2016) was a Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1963, Barahona Castillo served as auxiliary of the Catholic Diocese of San Vicente, El Salvador, from 1982 to 1983. He then served as diocesan bishop of the San Vincente Diocese from 1983 to 2005.[2]

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