What is Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández?
[[File:Mons. Menendez Fernandez (30279524134).jpg|thumb|200px|Menéndez Fernández in 2016]] '''Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández''' (6 January 1957 &ndash; 15 May 2019) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[Roman Catholic]] bishop. He became a priest in 1981. He served as an auxiliary bishop of Oviedo and titular bishop of ''Nasai'' from 2013 to 2015. He served as the Bishop of [[Astorga]] from 2015 until his death in 2019. Menéndez Fernández was born in [[Villamarín (Grado)|Villamarín de Salcedo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmenfer.html|title=Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> Menéndez Fernández died of a [[heart attack]] on 15 May 2019 in Astorga. He was 62.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lagacetadesalamanca.es/castilla-y-leon/fallece-de-un-infarto-el-obispo-de-astorga-juan-antonio-menendez-fernandez-LE1024287|title=Fallece de un infarto el obispo de Astorga, Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández|lang=es|work=La Gaceta de Salamanca|date=15 May 2019|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Menendez Fernandez, Jose Antonio}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholic bishops]] {{Bio-stub}}