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.