Emilio Benavent Escuín (10 April 1914 – 4 January 2008) was a Spanish

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of the

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Escuín was born in

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and was ordained a priest on 18 July 1943. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the

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as well as titular Bishop of Cercina on 6 December 1954 and was consecrated on 13 February 1955. On 13 February 1960 he was appointed coadjutor Bishop of Diocese of Málaga and then bishop on 7 April 1967. The Following year Escuín was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Archdiocese of Granada and Titular bishop of

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. Escuin succeeded as Archbishop of the

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. He was appointed bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Spain on as well as titular bishop of Maximiana in Numidia. Escuin resigned from Military Ordinariate in October 1982 and as titular bishop of Maximiana in Numidia on 7 March 1998. Archbishop Escuín died on 4 January 2008 at the age of 93.

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1914 births 2008 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain Archbishops of Granada {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub

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