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Orozimbo Fuenzalida

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Orozimbo Fuenzalida
Bishop of San Bernardo
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of San Bernardo
In office 13 July 1987 – 10 October 2003
Predecessor Diocese erected
Successor Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz
Previous posts Bishop of Los Ángeles (1970-1987)
Titular Bishop of Burca (1968-1970)
Prelate of Calama (1968-1970)
Orders
Ordination 10 March 1951
by Eduardo Larraín Cordovez
Consecration 19 May 1968
by Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos
Personal details
Born Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida
22 May 1925
Rancagua, O'Higgins Province, Chile
Died 27 March 2013 (aged 87)

Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida (22 May 1925 – 27 March 2013) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of San Bernardo, Chile.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1951, Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida was named bishop in 1968 and retired in 2003.[1]

He was Prelate of Calama and Titular Bishop of Burca from 1968 until 1970, Bishop of Santa María de Los Ángeles from 1970 until 1987, and Bishop of San Bernardo from 1987 until 2003.[2]

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