Bishop Francis Meli

Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

Apostolic Administrator of Aitape

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jul 1962		Born
24 Nov 1991	29.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
5 Feb 2018	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
25 Apr 2018	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
21 Sep 2019	57.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Aitape, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for Francis Meli
Bishop Francis Meli (born 21 Jul 1962) Bishop of Vanimo

Event Place
Birth Place Poi Island, Archdiocese of Rabaul
Ordained Bishop Town Oval, Vanimo, Diocese of Vanimo

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Vanimo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal
Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Rabaul
Bishop Cesare Bonivento, P.I.M.E.
Bishop Emeritus of Vanimo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal (2016)
Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
Archbishop Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B. (1999)
Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 Feb 2018
ob.loc: CB, 27 Apr 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Number 19,769
aadm: CB, 22 Sep 2019

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