45 Notable alumni of
Pontifical University of Salamanca
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The Pontifical University of Salamanca is 984th in the world, 346th in Europe, and 20th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from the Pontifical University of Salamanca sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kevin Farrell
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic priestphilosopherLegionary of ChristCatholic bishopmissionary
- Biography
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Kevin Joseph Farrell is an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since 2019, and president of the Supreme Court of Vatican City since 2024. He served as the regent of Vatican City after the death of Pope Francis on 21 April 2025, and held these interim duties until Leo XIV was elected as pope on 8 May.
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Raquel Sanchez Silva
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- Studied in 1990-1994
- Occupations
- television presenterwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Raquel Sánchez-Silva is a Spanish television presenter and writer.
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Paula Prendes
- Occupations
- actortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Paula Prendes Martínez is a Spanish actress, television presenter and journalist.
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Valeria Ros
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- Graduated with audiovisual communication
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision presenterstand-up comediancomedianradio personality
- Biography
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Valeria López-Tapia Velasco, better known as Valeria Ros, is a Spanish screenwriter, announcer, actress, presenter and comedian.
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Antonio María Rouco Varela
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- Latin Catholic priestarchbishopCatholic bishoptheologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Antonio María Rouco Varela is a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1994 to 2014. He was made a cardinal in 1998. Rouco was president of the Episcopal Conference of Spain from 1999 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2014.
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Carlos Osoro
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- theologianLatin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Carlos Osoro Sierra is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Madrid from 2014 to 2023. He has been a bishop since 1997 and a cardinal since 2016.
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Antonio Cañizares Llovera
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- Catholic bishopLatin Catholic priestuniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Antonio Cañizares Llovera is a Spanish Catholic cardinal who served as Archbishop of Valencia from 2014 to 2022. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2008 to 2014, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain from 2002 to 2008, and Archbishop of Granada from 1996 to 2002. He was made a cardinal in 2006.
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Manuel Burque
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- screenwritertelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Manuel Burque Hodgson is a Spanish screenwriter, radio host, comedian and actor.
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Antonio Piñero
- Occupations
- historianphilologistuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Antonio Piñero Sáenz is a Spanish philologist, writer, and historian, specializing in the Judaism before Christianity, the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the founding of Christianity, and language and literature of the New Testament and early Christianity from a scientific perspective. He is especially known in the Spanish-speaking world for the authorship of numerous books and research articles, and for his active outreach efforts.
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Rolando José Álvarez Lagos
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Rolando José Álvarez Lagos is a Nicaraguan prelate of the Catholic Church. He has served as the Bishop of Matagalpa since 2011 and apostolic administrator of Estelí since 2021. He is a longtime opponent of the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. In February 2023, after being held under house arrest for six months, he refused to join a group of political prisoners released into U.S. custody and was sentenced for treason to 26 years in prison. He was exiled to Vatican City in January 2024.
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Fernando García de Cortázar
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- Graduated with Doctor of Theology
- Occupations
- Catholic priestuniversity teacherwriterhistorian
- Biography
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Fernando García de Cortázar y Ruiz de Aguirre was a Spanish Jesuit priest and historian.
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Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
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- Catholic deaconCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo is a Venezuelan Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Caracas from 2023 to 2024. He previously served there as apostolic administrator from 2018 to 2023. Cardozo served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Mérida from 1983 to 1991 and as Archbishop of Mérida from 1991 to 2023. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2016.
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Francisco Álvarez Martínez
- Occupations
- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Francisco Álvarez Martínez was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Toledo from 1995 to 2002. He was bishop of Tarazona from 1973 to 1976, of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño from 1976 to 1989, and of Orihuela-Alicante from 1989 to 1995. He was created a cardinal in 2001.
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Raúl Prieto
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- 1994-1999 graduated with licence in informational sciences in journalism
- Occupations
- journalistactor
- Biography
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Raúl Prieto is a Spanish stage, television, and film actor.
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Francisco Cerro Chaves
- Occupations
- philosopherCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Francisco Cerro Chaves is a Spanish prelate, theologian, and philosopher of the Catholic Church who has been Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo since February 2020. He has been a bishop since 2007 and was Bishop of Coria-Caceres from 2007 to 2019.
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Demetrio Fernández González
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Demetrio Fernández González is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as bishop of the Diocese of Córdoba, Spain, since 18 February 2010.
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José Manuel Estepa Llaurens
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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José Manuel Estepa Llaurens was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who was Military Archbishop of Spain from 1983 to 2003. He was made a cardinal in 2010.
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Julián Barrio Barrio
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- Latin Catholic priestarchbishoptheologianChristian ministerCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Julián Barrio Barrio is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela between January 1996 and April 2023.
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Pascual Chávez Villanueva
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Pascual Chávez Villanueva SDB is a Roman Catholic priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who was Rector Major of that Order between April 3, 2002 and March 25, 2014, being the 9th successor of Don Bosco, the first Mexican to get such position and the second Latin American after Argentinian Juan Edmundo Vecchi. During the 26th General Chapter of the Salesians in Rome in 2008 he was confirmed for a second period, being the last Rector Major who could be reelected, because that same Chapter ruled that a Rector Major would not be reelected afterward.
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Ricardo María Carles Gordó
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Ricardo María Carles Gordó was a cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona in the Catholic Church.
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Aquilino Bocos Merino
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F. is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, a member and official of the Claretians. He was Superior General of the order, properly known as the Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from 1991 to 2003. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
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Teodora Ruano
- Occupations
- sporting directorpoliticiansport cyclist
- Biography
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María Teodora Adoracion Ruano Sanchón (born 11 January 1969) is a retired female track and road racing cyclist from Spain. She represented her native country at three Summer Olympics: in 1992, 2000, and 2004. Her biggest achievement was winning the world title in the women's points race at the 1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Miguel Maury Buendía
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Miguel Maury Buendía is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. An archbishop since 2008, he has been apostolic nuncio to several countries. On 13 April 2023, he was appointed as nuncio to Great Britain.
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Olegario González de Cardedal
- Occupations
- university teacherCatholic theologianCatholic priest
- Biography
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Olegario González de Cardedal is a Spanish Catholic theologian and author. He was born in Lastra del Cano (Ávila), Spain, in 1934. He studied in Ávila, where he was ordained a priest in 1959, and at the University of Munich, Germany, where he graduated in theology in 1964. He also continued his studies in Oxford and Washington. As Chair of Theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain, a position he still holds, he took part in the third session of the Second Vatican Council and in the International Theological Conference. He is also an ordinary member of the Spanish Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences) in Madrid.
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Manuel Ureña Pastor
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- In 1973 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- bishopCatholic priestuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Manuel Ureña Pastor is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1988 and served as ordinary in Ibiza, Alcalá de Henares, and Cartagena before becoming Archbishop of Zaragoza, the position he held from 2005 until he retired in 2014. He resigned citing health problems, though later reports demonstrated his mishandling of a charge of harassment against one of his priests.
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José Ramón Pin Arboledas
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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José Pin Arboledas is a Spanish economist and politician.
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Manuel Guerra Gómez
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Manuel Guerra Gómez was a Spanish writer and religious figure.
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Antonio Montero Moreno
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priestjournalist
- Biography
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Antonio Montero Moreno was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate.
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Elías Yanes Álvarez
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- theologianLatin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Elias Yanes Álvarez was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.
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Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández
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- judgeCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.
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Ramon Malla Call
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priestpolitician
- Biography
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Ramón Malla i Call was Bishop of Lleida. From 1969 until 1971 he was Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Urgell during a sede vacante and therefore acting Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra. He was born in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia. He was ordained as priest on 16 December 1948, in Salamanca. On 24 July 1968 he was consecrated bishop of Lleida. On 19 December 1999 he became Emeritus Bishop.
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Alberto Iniesta Jiménez
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Alberto Iniesta Jiménez was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church.
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Antonio José González Zumárraga
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Antonio José González Zumárraga was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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Salvador Giménez Valls
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopphilosopherhistorian
- Biography
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Salvador Giménez Valls is a Spanish prelate and the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Lleida. He is a former Bishop of Menorca. In 1960, he studied ecclesiastical studies at the Metropolitan Seminary of Valencia.
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Joan Botam
- Occupations
- regular priest
- Biography
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Joan Botam i Casals was a Catalan priest and Capuchin, whose religious name was Fra Salvador de les Borges.
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José Delicado Baeza
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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José Delicado Baeza was a Roman Catholic archbishop.
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José Gea Escolano
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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José Gea Escolano was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate.
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José María Vigil
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- Catholic priesttheologian
- Biography
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José María Vigil Gallego is a Latin American theologian who has played a significant role in the fields of liberation theology and spirituality, the theology of religious pluralism and the emergence of new paradigms. He has been a Claretian missionary since 1964 and a Catholic priest since 1971. He is a naturalised Nicaraguan and currently lives in Panama. He is known for his numerous writings, his editorial and online activity, his service to the Association of Theologians of the Third World (EATWOT), the coordination of Koinonia Services and the International Latin American Agenda, his theology of religious pluralism and, in recent years, his contributions to a ”new paradigms” theological perspective.
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Oscar Sarlinga
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Oscar Domingo Sarlinga is an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop, who is currently emeritus.
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Mar Gómez Glez
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- playwrightliterary historianwriter
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Mar Gómez Glez is a Spanish playwright and novelist.
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José Diéguez Reboredo
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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José Diéguez Reboredo was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who served as bishop of Osma-Soria (1984–1987), Ourense (1987–1996) and Tui-Vigo (1996–2010).
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Asunción Valdés
- Enrolled in the Pontifical University of Salamanca
- 2004-2007 graduated with diplomatura in social science and political science
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Asunción Valdés Nicolau is a Spanish journalist. In 1983 she became the first woman to direct and edit a television news program in Spain. In 1993 she was appointed Director of Media Relations for the Royal Household of Spain, the first woman to hold such a high position with the Head of State.
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Diosdado Talamayan
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Diosdado Aenlle Talamayan, D.D., Ph.D., S.T.D. is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao in the province of Cagayan, on the island of Luzon, Philippines from 1986 until his retirement in 2011. In retirement, Talamayan is archbishop emeritus of Tuguegarao.
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Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa
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- theologianCatholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church.
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Ciriaco Morón Arroyo
- Occupations
- translatorlinguist
- Biography
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Ciriaco Morón Arroyo is a Spanish philologist and professor.
