What is Pedro Casaldáliga?
[[File:Pere Casaldàliga (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Pedro Casaldáliga''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Claretians|CMF]]}}, born '''Pere Casaldàliga i Pla''' (16 February 1928 &ndash; 8 August 2020), was a [[Catalonia|Catalan]]-born Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He led the [[Territorial Prelature of São Félix]], Brazil, from 1970 to 2005. In 1971, he became a bishop. He was a well known humanitarian and human rights activist. Casaldáliga was one of the best known experts of [[liberation theology]]. He was born in [[Balsareny]], [[Catalonia]]. On 4 August 2020, Casaldáliga was hospitalized in [[Batatais]], [[Brazil]] for a [[respiratory infection]] caused by his [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-04|title=El obispo Pedro Casaldáliga, ingresado por problemas respiratorios en un hospital de Brasil|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-08-04/el-obispo-pedro-casaldaliga-ingresado-por-problemas-respiratorios-en-un-hospital-de-brasil.html|access-date=2020-08-08|website=El País|language=es}}</ref> He died four days later on 8 August, aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-08|title=Morre dom Pedro Casaldáliga, o bispo do chapéu de palha que enfrentou latifundiários na Amazônia|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2020/08/morre-dom-casaldaliga-o-bispo-do-chapeu-de-palha-que-enfrentou-latifundiarios-na-amazonia.shtml|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Folha de S.Paulo|language=pt-BR}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Casaldaliga, Pedro}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Human rights activists]] [[Category:Humanitarians]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Brazilian Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:People from Mato Grosso]] {{bio-stub}}