BREAKING: Former Archbishop Robert Sanchez Dies

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By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff Writeron Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez, who served as the 10th Archbishop of Santa Fe from 1974-1993, died today, the archdiocese announced.

“Archbishop Sanchez was much loved as a native son by the people of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe,” Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan, who succeeded Sanchez in 1993, said in a written statement issued today.

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