George Marskell
George Marskell SFM (born November 8, 1935 in Hamilton , Ontario , † July 2, 1998 ) was a Canadian religious and prelate of Itacoatiara in Brazil .
Life
George Edward Marskell joined the Congregation of the Scarboro Missionaries in and received on 21 August 1960, the priestly ordination .
Pope Paul VI appointed him prelate of Itacoatiara on 1975 . On May 5, 1978, he was raised to the rank of bishop. The Archbishop of Manaus , João de Souza Lima OCist , gave him episcopal ordination on July 30th of the same year ; Co-consecrators were his predecessor Francis Paul McHugh SFM and the prelate of Acre e Purus , Moacyr Grechi OSM .
Marskell promoted the base communities as a basic pastoral structure in his diocese and was vice-president of the Comissão Pastoral da Terra, which was awarded the alternative Nobel Prize .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John Walsh SFM: A Grateful Man. Scarboro Missionaries , January 1999, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- ^ The Church in the World, in: The Tablet, December 21, 1991, p. 1604 ( Memento of September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Paul McHugh SFM |
Prelate of Itacoatiara 1975–1998 |
Carillo Gritti IMC |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marskell, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marskell, George Edward (full name); Marskell, Jorge Eduardo (Portuguese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian clergyman, prelate of Itacoatiara |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton, Ontario , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2nd, 1998 |