Pedro Casaldáliga
Pedro Casaldaliga , born Pere Casaldaliga i Pla (16 February 1928 - 8 August 2020), was a Catalan-born Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church.
He led the Territorial Prelature of Sao Felix, Brazil, from 1970 to 2005. In 1971, he became a bishop. He was a well known humanitarian and human rights activist.
Casaldaliga was one of the best known experts of liberation theology. He was born in Balsareny, Catalonia.
On 4 August 2020, Casaldaliga was hospitalized in Batatais, Brazil for a respiratory infection caused by his Parkinson's disease. He died four days later on 8 August, aged 92.
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1928 births
2020 deaths
Human rights activists
Humanitarians
Spanish Roman Catholics
Brazilian Roman Catholic bishops