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Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda

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Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda (10 December 1910, Recoaro Terme, Italy - 29 August 1997, Zacapa) was an Italian Franciscan friar and clergyman. He was ordained priest by the Franciscans on 1 July 1934 before being appointed first bishop of Zacapa in the Archdiocese of Guatemala on 30 November 1955. He was enthroned on 6 January 1956 by archbishop Gennaro Verolino, then apostolic nuncio in Guatemala. He resigned on 16 February 1980 and remained a bishop emeritus of the diocese until his death.

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  • David M. Cheney. "Bishop Costantino Cristiano Luna Pianegonda [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2016-12-08. [self-published]