Bishop Leo D’Mello †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1903		Born
4 Oct 1931	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Apr 1949	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ajmer, India
2 Oct 1949	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ajmer, India
13 May 1955	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
15 Nov 1978	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
13 Dec 1987	84.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India

MicroData Summary
Leo D’Mello
Bishop Leo D’Mello
(born 25 Jul 1903, died 13 Dec 1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Dadar, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Bishop Ajmer, Diocese of Ajmer

a priest for 56.1 years
a bishop for 38.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. †
Archbishop of Agra
Bishop Valerian Gracias †
Titular Bishop of Thennesus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignatius Menezes (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond D’Mello † (1959)
Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza † (1970)
Bishop Joseph Pathalil † (1985)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q63975587

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 83

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