Bishop Homero Leite Meira

Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Baia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1931		Born	Brumado
8 Dec 1955	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 Nov 1978	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil
27 Dec 1978	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil
24 Sep 1980	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil
13 Jun 1983	51.5	Resigned	Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Irecê.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa †
Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Homero Leite Meira (1978)
Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. † (1968)
Archbishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado † (1948)
Archbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias † (1920)
Archbishop Jerónimo Thomé da Silva † (1890)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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