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

Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1944		Born
22 May 1971	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
26 Jul 2000	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
15 Oct 2000	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
12 Aug 2020	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

MicroData Summary for Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel
(WikiData: Q100698)
Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel C.S.Sp. (born 22 Sep 1944) Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá

Ad Limina - October 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hardheim
Ordained Bishop Ginásio de Esportes, Humaitá, Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas

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. †
Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. †
Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia
Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. †
Coadjutor Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. † (1991)
Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina
Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. † (1983)
Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia
Bishop Gregório Warmeling † (1957)
Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † (1914)
Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Antônio Fontinele de Melo (2020)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B. (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hardheim
Ordained Bishop	Ginásio de Esportes, Humaitá, Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 161, Number 13,853
r: Bollettino, 12 Aug 2020

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