Archbishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jun 1916		Born	Natal
19 Nov 1939	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Mar 1970	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil
17 May 1970	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Amargosa, Baia, Brazil
6 Apr 1988	71.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
27 Oct 1993	77.4	Retired	Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
20 Aug 1999	83.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

a priest for 59.8 years
a bishop for 29.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nivaldo Monte †
Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo † (1970)
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales (1954)
Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado † (1941)
Archbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho † (1915)
Archbishop Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop João Nílton dos Santos Souza
Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jairo Rui Matos da Silva †
Bishop Cristiano Jakob Krapf

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