Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza

Bishop of Colima

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1938		Born	Purépero
22 Dec 1962	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zamora, Michoacán, México
9 May 1995	57.0	Appointed	Bishop of Campeche, México
21 Jun 1995	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Campeche, México
9 Jun 2005	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Colima, México

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Colima.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán
Bishop Carlos Suárez Cázares

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (1995)
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione (1968)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez

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