Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cali

Titular Bishop of Celenderis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Sep 1872		Born	Fontibón
1 Nov 1897	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Apr 1927	54.6	Appointed	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
16 Oct 1927	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
13 Nov 1947	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
13 Nov 1947	75.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Celenderis
26 Feb 1955	82.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

a priest for 57.3 years
a bishop for 27.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Manuel José Caicedo Martínez †
Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo † (1927)
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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:
Crisanto Cardinal Luque y Sánchez †
Archbishop Diego María Gómez Tamayo †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1927, Number 57

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