Bishop Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
1519		Born	Coimbra, Portugal
14 Mar 1543	24.2	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
1 Apr 1555	36.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicaea
1556	37.0	Appointed	Bishop of Macau, China
15 Dec 1560	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Macau, China
1577	58.0	Appointed	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
1581	62.0	Resigned	Patriarch of Foreign Diocese
19 Aug 1583	64.6	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Foreign Diocese

a bishop for 22.7 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Gaspar de Leão Pereira †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. † (1560) Archbishop Gaspar de Leão Pereira †