Bishop José Melhado Campos †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1909		Born
15 Aug 1934	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29 May 1960	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Jul 1960	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Feb 1965	55.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
22 Feb 1965	55.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hospita
8 Jan 1973	63.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
20 Mar 1981	71.3	Resigned	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil
21 Sep 1996	86.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Melhado Campos
Bishop José Melhado Campos
(born 29 Nov 1909, died 21 Sep 1996)
Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Limeira, Diocese of Campinas
Ordained Bishop Botucatu, Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo
Death Place Tatuui

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 36.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ruy Serra †
Bishop of São Carlos, Sao Paulo
Bishop Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra †
Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † (1941)
Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo
Sebastião Cardinal Leme da Silveira Cintra † (1911)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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:
Bishop João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. † (1962)
Bishop Silvio Maria Dário † (1965)
Bishop Benjamin de Souza Gomes † (1968)
Bishop Amaury Castanho † (1976)
Bishop Antônio Pedro Misiara † (1976)
Archbishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo † (1977)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 16087400
WikiData: Q10310115

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 78

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