Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Sep 1756		Born
29 Jun 1777	20.8	Professed	Member of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
23 Sep 1780	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
23 Jan 1787	30.3	Selected	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
23 Apr 1787	30.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
3 Jun 1787	30.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
30 Mar 1789	32.5	Resigned	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
9 Jan 1818	61.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

MicroData Summary for José Maria de Melo
(VIAF: 98553230; WikiData: Q63915035)
Bishop José Maria de Melo C.O. (born 10 Sep 1756, died 9 Jan 1818) Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}

Event Place
Birth Place Lumiar
Ordained Bishop N.S. Necessitates, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 30.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José da Costa e Torres †
Bishop of Funchal
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop João Teixeira de Carvalho †
Bishop of Elvas
Bishop José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais †
Bishop of Pinhel

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José da Costa e Torres †
Bishop of Funchal

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. † (1789)
Bishop José Joaquim da Cunha Azevedo Coutinho † (1795)
Bishop José Valério da Cruz, C.O. † (1799)
Bishop Custodio de Santa Ana d’Almeida, O.A.D. † (1805)
Bishop José Maria de Araújo, O.S.H. † (1807)
Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho † (1807)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
José Francisco Miguel António Cardinal de Mendonça Valdereis † (1788)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lumiar
Ordained Bishop	N.S. Necessitates, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 335
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,079
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1787, Number 13
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 44, Number 2,991
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 66, Number 5,170

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