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Butuan Bishop Juan De Dios Pueblos dies at 74


Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos, D.D of the Diocese of Butuan passed away this weekend. He was 74.

Pueblos' death was confirmed in a tweet by dzBB Super Radyo on Sunday, but further details were not immediately available.

 

 

Born in Moto Sur, Loon, Bohol on March 8, 1943, Pueblos took his education at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary and the San Carlos Major Seminary, and was ordained on March 30, 1968.

To recall, Pueblos was among the bishops reported to have requested luxury vehicles from then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

"I really need a brand-new car, possibly a 4x4 which I can use to reach the far-flung areas of Caraga (region)... I hope you will not fail to give a brand-new car which will serve as your birthday gift to me," he said in a letter to Arroyo in 2011. — Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas/BM, GMA News

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