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Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar

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Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar
Bishop of Diocese of Uberlândia (emeritus)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Uberlândia
In office1978 - 1992
PredecessorAlmir Marques Ferreira
SuccessorJosé Alberto Moura
Previous post(s)Priest
Orders
OrdinationOctober 6, 1946
Personal details
Born(1917-11-04)November 4, 1917
DiedDecember 3, 2009(2009-12-03) (aged 92)

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

Biography

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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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