Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar explained

Type:Bishop
Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar
Bishop of Diocese of Uberlândia (emeritus)
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Uberlândia
Term:1978 - 1992
Predecessor:Almir Marques Ferreira
Successor:José Alberto Moura
Ordination:October 6, 1946
Birth Date:4 November 1917
Previous Post:Priest

Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar (November 4, 1917  - December 3, 2009) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Cardoso de Avella was born in Três Corações, Brazil, and was ordained a priest on October 6, 1946. He was appointed Coadjutor Prelate of the Diocese of Marabá along with being appointed Titular bishop of Eucarpia on August 6, 1971, and then ordained on September 26, 1971. On March 27, 1976 he was appointed prelate of Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia. His final appointment came on March 20, 1978, to the Diocese of Uberlândia, where he retired from on December 23, 1992.

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