Aurélio Granada Escudeiro Explained

Type:Bishop
Aurélio Granada Escudeiro
Bishop of Diocese of Angra Emeritus
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Angra
Term:1979 - 1996
Predecessor:Manuel Afonso de Carvalho
Successor:António de Sousa Braga
Ordination:17 January 1943
Birth Date:1920 5, df=y
Death Place:Ponta Delgada, Azores

Aurélio Granada Escudeiro (19 May 1920 – 25 August 2012) was a Portuguese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Escudeiro was born in Alcains, Portugal and was ordained a priest on 17 January 1943.

He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Angra on 18 March 1974 as well as titular bishop of Drusiliana, and was ordained bishop on 26 May 1974. Escudeiro was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Angra on 30 June 1979, where he would serve until his retirement on 9 April 1996.

He died on 25 August 2012 at the Casa Sacerdotal in Ponta Delgada.

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