Jorge Scarso,
OFMCap (August 13, 1916 – October 28, 2015) was the Italian-born Brazilian
bishop
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Scarso was born in
Modica, Italy, in the summer of 1916. He was ordained priest on June 28, 1942 for the
Capuchin Order
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and appointed
the Auxiliary bishop of
the Diocese of Patos de Minas as well as Titular bishop of Gemellae in Numidia on November 29, 1967. He was consecrated on March 25, 1968 and was later appointed bishop of
the Diocese of Patos de Minas, where he remained until his retirement on January 8, 1992.
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Catholic Hierarchy
1916 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Capuchins
Roman Catholic bishops of Patos de Minas
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