José Antonio Peteiro Freire

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peteiro and the second or maternal family name is Freire.

José Antonio Peteiro Freire (20 July 1936 – 25 March 2010) was a Spanish-born Moroccan Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the third Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger from 2 July 1983 until his retirement on 23 March 2005. He was a member of the Franciscan order (O.F.M.)

Peteiro Freire died as the Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger in Santiago de Compostella, Spain, on 25 March 2010, at the age of 73. He was born in Vilasantar, Galicia.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. †