Archbishop José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Palermo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Nov 1690		Born	Madrid, Spain
21 Sep 1715	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
30 Jan 1741	50.2	Appointed	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
4 Feb 1741	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Potenza, Italy
19 Feb 1748	57.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
31 Oct 1753	62.9	Died	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy

a priest for 38.1 years
a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Troiano Cardinal Acquaviva d’Aragona †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Alfonso Meléndez, O.F.M. † (1741)
Troiano Cardinal Acquaviva d’Aragona † (1729)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi

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