Bishop Antônio Fontinele de Melo

Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Acre

Motto: Estou No Meio De Vós Como Aquele Que Serve

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1968		Born
21 Nov 1998	30.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
18 Sep 1999	31.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
12 Aug 2020	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
17 Oct 2020	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
1 Jul 2026	58.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Antônio Fontinele de Melo
Bishop Antônio Fontinele de Melo
(born 9 May 1968)
Bishop of Humaitá

Event Place
Birth Place Camocim, Diocese of Sobral, Ceara
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, Cathedral, 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 Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.
Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Roque Paloschi
Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia
Bishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado
Titular Bishop of Summula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. (2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Humaitá, Amazonas
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Camocim, Diocese of Sobral, Ceara
Ordained Bishop	Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, Cathedral, Humaitá, Diocese of Humaitá, Amazonas

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q98285749

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Aug 2020
od: CB, 12 Aug 2020
ob: CB, 18 Aug 2020
c2+: CB, 25 Aug 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Number 20,528
aadm: CB, 1 Jul 2026

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