Alberto Martín y Villaverde
Bishop Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde (2 May 1904 in Havana, Cuba - 3 November 1960 in Matanzas, Cuba) was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas (1938–1960).Bishop Martin was ordained a priest on October 27, 1927. He was appointed by Pope Pius XI to be Bishop of the Diocese of Matanzas on May 14, 1938 and was ordained a bishop in the Cathedral of Matanzas on July 3, 1938, when he was 34 years old. His principal consecrator was Archbishop José Manuel Dámaso Rúiz y Rodríguez of the Archdiocese of Havana and as co-consecrators, Archbishop Enrique Pérez Serantes of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba and Bishop Eduardo Pedro Martínez'>Pedro Martínez y Dalmau, C.P. of the Diocese of Cienfuegos. Bishop Martin died on November 3, 1960 at 56 years old.
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| Birth date | May 02, 1904 |
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| Date of death | November 03, 1960 |
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