Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.

Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1944		Born	Hardheim
22 May 1971	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
26 Jul 2000	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Oct 2000	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

Ad Limina - October 2010: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Humaitá.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M.
Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. (2000)
Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. (1991)
Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. (1983)
Bishop Gregório Warmeling † (1957)
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † (1914)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 161, Number 13,853

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