Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

Titular Bishop of Celenderis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Sep 1872		Born
1 Nov 1897	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Apr 1927	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
16 Oct 1927	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
13 Nov 1947	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Cali, Colombia
13 Nov 1947	75.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Celenderis
26 Feb 1955	82.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Luis Adriano Díaz Melo
Bishop Luis Adriano Díaz Melo
(born 7 Sep 1872, died 26 Feb 1955)
Bishop Emeritus of Cali

Event Place
Birth Place Fontibón

a priest for 57.3 years
a bishop for 27.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paolo Giobbe †
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Manuel José Caicedo (Caycedo) Martínez †
Archbishop of Medellín
Archbishop Ismael Perdomo Borrero †
Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Paolo Giobbe † (1925)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Crisanto Cardinal Luque y Sánchez † (1931)
Archbishop Diego María Gómez Tamayo † (1934)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64751821

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1927, Number 57

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