Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde †

Deceased

Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Apr 1860		Born
21 Sep 1883	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Burgos, Spain
19 Dec 1907	47.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
19 Dec 1907	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
29 Mar 1908	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
18 Jul 1913	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
7 Dec 1913	53.6	Installed	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain
4 Dec 1916	56.6	Appointed	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
22 Apr 1917	56.9	Installed	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
14 Dec 1922	62.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
1 Jun 1923	63.0	Installed	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
31 Oct 1945	85.5	Died	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

MicroData Summary for Prudencio Melo y Alcalde
(WikiData: Q7775867)
Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (born 27 Apr 1860, died 31 Oct 1945) Archbishop of Valencia

Event Place
Birth Place Burgos, Archdiocese of Burgos
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Burgos, Archdiocese of Burgos

a priest for 62.1 years
a bishop for 37.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Gregorio María Cardinal Aguirre y García, O.F.M. Disc. †
Archbishop of Burgos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José María García Escudero y Ubago †
Bishop of Osma
Bishop Antolín López y Peláez †
Bishop of Jaca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gregorio María Cardinal Aguirre y García, O.F.M. Disc. † (1885)
Archbishop of Burgos
Archbishop Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Ángel Marquina y Corrales † (1913)
Bishop Bernardo Martínez y Noval, O.S.A. † (1921)
Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza † (1924)
Archbishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † (1931)
Bishop Juan Hervás y Benet † (1944)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Timoteo Hernández y Mulas † (1908)
Bishop Juan Plaza y García † (1913)
Bishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza y Loinaz † (1914)
Bishop Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu † (1918)
Bishop Nicolás González y Pérez, C.M.F. † (1918)
Bishop Francisco Frutos y Valiente † (1921)
Bishop Bl. Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría † (1923)
Bishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro † (1924)
Bishop José Vila y Martínez † (1926)
Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almándoz † (1927)
Benjamín Cardinal de Arriba y Castro † (1935)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Burgos, Archdiocese of Burgos
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Burgos, Archdiocese of Burgos

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1908, Number 20
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,883
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Additions/Corrections (back)

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