Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão

Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão
Bishop of the Diocese of Beja (emeritus)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Beja
In office1980 - 1999
PredecessorManuel Dos Santos Rocha
SuccessorAntónio Vitalino Fernandes Dantas
Previous post(s)Prelate
Orders
Ordination29 June 1951
Consecration22 January 1967
by Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
Personal details
Born(1922-11-10)10 November 1922
Lisbon, Portugal
Died21 February 2012(2012-02-21) (aged 89)
Beja, Portugal

Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão (10 November 1922 – 21 February 2012) was a Portuguese Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão was born in Lisbon, and was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951. Falcão was appointed auxiliary archbishop to the Archdiocese of Lisbon on 6 December 1966, as well as titular bishop of Thelepte, and ordained bishop on 22 January 1967. Falcão was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Beja on 8 September 1980 and would remain in the post until his retirement on 25 January 1999.

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