Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Sep 1756		Born	Lumiar
29 Jun 1777	20.8	Professed	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
23 Sep 1780	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
23 Apr 1787	30.6	Appointed	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
3 Jun 1787	30.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
30 Mar 1789	32.6	Resigned	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
9 Jan 1818	61.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,079

a priest for 37.3 years a bishop for 30.6 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop José da Costa e Torres † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop João Teixeira de Carvalho † Bishop José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. † (1787) Archbishop José da Costa e Torres †	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. † Bishop José Joaquim da Cunha Azeredo Coutinho † Bishop Custodio de Santa Ana d’Almeida, O.A.D. † Bishop José Maria de Araújo, O.S.H. † Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho † Principal Co-Consecrator of: José Francisco Miguel António Cardinal de Mendonça Valdereis †