Pedro Casaldáliga

✶February 16, 1928

†August 8, 2020

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About their life

Pere Casaldàliga i Pla, known in Portuguese as Pedro Casaldáliga, was a Spanish-born Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Brazil, from 1970 to 2005. A bishop since 1971, Casaldàliga was one of the best-known exponents of liberation theology. He received numerous awards, including the Catalonia International Prize in 2006. He was a forceful advocate in support of indigenous peoples and published several volumes of poetry.

Roman Catholic bishop (1928–2020)

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Biography from the article Pedro Casaldáliga on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.