Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez
{{Short description|Venezuelan Catholic bishop (1951–2021)}}
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| elected = 2012
| term = 2012–2021
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| predecessor = Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña
| successor = José Manuel Romero Barrios
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| other_post = Titular Bishop of Vertara (2007–2012)
Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (2007–2012)
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Càstor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez (19 October 1951 – 8 January 2021) was a Venezuelan Catholic bishop.
Biography
He was born in Venezuela and was ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He served as titular bishop of Vertara and as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo, Venezuela, from 2007 to 2012. He then served as bishop of the Diocese of Trujillo, from 2012 until his death in 2021.[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/truj2.htm Diocese of Trujillo]
Azuaje Pérez died from COVID-19 in Valera, Trujillo, on 8 January 2021, at the age of 69, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela.{{cite web|title=Venezuelan Bishop, 69, dies of COVID-19|url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/01/08/venezuelan-bishop-69-dies-of-covid-19/|publisher=Catholic World Report|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=9 January 2021}}
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Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Venezuela
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Trujillo, Venezuela
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Maracaibo
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