Jorge Scarso

Religious Leader

1916 –

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Who is Jorge Scarso?

Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. is an Italian born Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Currently one of oldest Catholic bishops and one of oldest Brazilian bishops.

Scarso was born in Modica, Italy in the summer of 1916. He was ordained priest on June 28, 1942 with the Capuchin Order 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 ordained bishop March 25, 1968 and would lated be appointed bishop of The Diocese of Patos de minas, where he remained until his retirement on January 8, 1992.

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Born
Aug 13, 1916
Modica
Religion
  • Catholicism

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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