Bishop José de Medeiros Leite †

Deceased

Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1898		Born	Mossoro
29 May 1924	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Aug 1945	46.7	Appointed	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Oct 1945	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Mar 1977	78.3	Died	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral †
Archbishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José de Medeiros Leite † (1945)
Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral † (1918)
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

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