Azevedo, Ferdinand T.

Jesuit Father Ferdinand T. Azevedo, 72, died on January 17, 2001 while on retreat near Recife, Brazil.

Fr. Azevedo was born July 8, 1938, in Colusa and entered the Society at Sacred Heart Novitiate in Los Gatos, Calif., in 1957 after a year at Notre Dame University. He was ordained in San Francisco on June 20, 1970, and pronounced final vows in Recife, Brazil, in 1977.

A member of the California Province, he served in Brazil since 1975 as teacher, treasurer and provincial.