Juan María Leonardi Villasmil

Juan María Leonardi Villasmil
Bishop of Punto Fijo
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Punto Fijo
In office12 July 1997 – 7 June 2014
PredecessorDiocese erected
SuccessorCarlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza
Previous postsTitular Bishop of Lesvi (1994-1997)
Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (1994-1997)
Orders
Ordination4 August 1979
Consecration8 April 1994
by Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Personal details
Born(1947-02-11)11 February 1947
Died7 June 2014(2014-06-07) (aged 67)

Juan María Leonardi Villasmil (11 February 1947, Boconó – 7 June 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1979, Villasmil was named titular bishop of Lesvi and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida, Venezuela, in 1994. In 1997, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Punto Fijo in 1997. He died while still in office.[1]

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