Pedro Reginaldo Lira

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Pedro Reginaldo Lira
Auxiliary Bishop Archdiocese of Salta (Emeritus)
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Archdiocese of Salta
In office	1958 - 1961/ 1967 - 1978
Orders
Ordination	September 21, 1938
Personal details
Born	(1915-09-07)September 7, 1915 Salta, Argentina
Died	December 11, 2012(2012-12-11) (aged 97)
Previous post	Priest

Pedro Reginaldo Lira, (September 7, 1915 – December 11, 2012) was an Argentine Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lira was born in Salta, Argentina in 1915 and was ordained a bishop on September 21, 1938. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Salta and Titular Bishop of Tenedus on July 16, 1958, and ordained bishop on September 7, 1958 (his 43rd Birthday). Lira was then appointed bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco in Argentina on June 12, 1961. He resigned from this post on June 22, 1965, and was then appointed Titular bishop of Castellum in Mauretania. He was again appointed to Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Salta in 1967 and resigned from that position on May 12, 1978, along with the Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania.

External links

Catholic Hierarchy
Salta Diocese Site (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Lira, Pedro Reginaldo
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	September 7, 1915
Place of birth	Salta, Argentina
Date of death	December 11, 2012
Place of death

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