Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández

Spanish bishop

Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández (6 January 1957 – 15 May 2019) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1981. He served as an auxiliary bishop of Oviedo and titular bishop of Nasai from 2013 to 2015. He served as the Bishop of Astorga from 2015 until his death in 2019. Menéndez Fernández was born in Villamarín de Salcedo.[1]

Menéndez Fernández in 2016

Menéndez Fernández died of a heart attack on 15 May 2019 in Astorga. He was 62.[2]

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  1. "Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. "Fallece de un infarto el obispo de Astorga, Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández". La Gaceta de Salamanca (in Spanish). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.