Bishop Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1911		Born	Zeeland, Netherlands
10 May 1936	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
26 Nov 1962	51.7	Appointed	Prelate of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
26 Nov 1962	51.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
2 Feb 1963	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
26 May 1978	67.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Polemonium
17 Sep 1981	70.5	Appointed	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
10 Feb 1987	75.9	Retired	Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
23 Nov 1998	87.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil

a priest for 62.5 years
a bishop for 35.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers †
Bishop Heinrich Baaken †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. † (1963)
Bishop Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors † (1959)
Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink † (1951)
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola
Archbishop Washington Cruz, C.P.

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