Leonidas Proaño
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Gender | Male |
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Born | San Antonio De Ibarra |
Died | Quito |
Ecuador | |
Successor | Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla |
Consecration | 26 May 1954 |
Ordination | 29 June 1936 |
Job | Priest |
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ID | 568757 |
Leonidas Proaño Life story
Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba was an Ecuadorian priest and theologian. He served as the bishop of Riobamba from 1954 to 1985. He was a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize and is considered one of the most important figures in Ecuadorian liberation theology.