Bishop José de Medeiros Leite †

Deceased

Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1898		Born
29 May 1924	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Aug 1945	46.7	Appointed	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Oct 1945	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Mar 1977	78.3	Died	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José de Medeiros Leite
Bishop José de Medeiros Leite
(born 16 Nov 1898, died 6 Mar 1977)
Bishop of Oliveira

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 Mossoro

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral †
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral †
Bishop of Uberaba
Bishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa †
Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral † (1918)
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16169954

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1945, Number 60

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