Melchior Cardinal von Meckau †

Deceased

Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1440²		Born
22 Mar 1482	42.2	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
20 Apr 1482	42.3	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
Apr 1488³	48.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
15 Jul 1488	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
31 May 1503	63.4	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jun 1503	63.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola in Carcere
5 Jan 1507	67.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
3 Mar 1509	69.1	Died	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melchior von Meckau
(VIAF: 6000618; WikiData: Q869616)
Melchior Cardinal von Meckau (born 1440, died 3 Mar 1509) Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}

Consistory - May 1503: Created Cardinal
Conclave - September 1503: Unable to Participate
Conclave - October/November 1503: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Meissen, Diocese of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) S. Maria in Araceli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 20.6 years
a cardinal for 5.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Georg Golser †
Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Georg Golser † (1472)
Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}
Archbishop Bernhard von Rohr † (1466)
Archbishop of Salzburg
Bishop Johann Tulbeck †
Bishop of Freising

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ludwig Ebmer (Ebner) † (1495)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Meissen, Diocese of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original)	S. Maria in Araceli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 31 May 1503
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 111
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Number 10,413
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Number 17,902
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1488, Number 6

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a bishop for 20.6 years a cardinal for 5.7 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Georg Golser † Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Georg Golser † (1472) Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone} Archbishop Bernhard von Rohr † (1466) Archbishop of Salzburg Bishop Johann Tulbeck † Bishop of Freising	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Ludwig Ebmer (Ebner) † (1495)