Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão explained

Type:Bishop
Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão
Bishop of the Diocese of Beja (emeritus)
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Beja
Term:1980 - 1999
Successor:António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas
Ordination:29 June 1951
Consecration:22 January 1967
Consecrated By:Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
Birth Date:10 November 1922
Birth Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Death Place:Beja, Portugal
Previous Post:Prelate

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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