Bishop João de Melo †

Deceased

Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1624²		Born
1 Jul 1671	47.5	Appointed	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
20 Sep 1671	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
17 Jul 1673	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
24 Apr 1684	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
28 Jun 1704	80.4	Died	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for João de Melo
(WikiData: Q64747024)
Bishop João de Melo (born 1624, died 28 Jun 1704) Bishop of Coimbra

Event Place
Birth Place Évora, Archdiocese of Évora
Ordained Bishop S. Sacramento (Dominican), Convent, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a bishop for 32.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre †
Archbishop of Braga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luís de Sousa †
Bishop of Lamego
Bishop Francisco Barreto †
Bishop of Faro {Algarve}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Russell † (1671)

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 182
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 163, and Page 194
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 417
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1671, Number 45
b/c2+: CB, 1 Jan 2017
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Number 19,168
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 57, Number 4,202

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