Archbishop José Carlos Melo, C.M.

Archbishop Emeritus of Maceió, Alagoas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jun 1930		Born	Codó
31 Jul 1955	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
10 Jul 1991	61.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
10 Jul 1991	61.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
28 Sep 1991	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ceramus
2 Jun 1999	69.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
2 Jun 1999	69.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ceramus
31 May 2000	70.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
3 Jul 2002	72.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
22 Nov 2006	76.5	Retired	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Maceió.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M.
Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Carlos Melo, C.M. (1991)
Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. † (1967)
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Paulista † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.

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