Patriarch Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, S.J. †

Deceased

Patriarch of Ethiopia

Titular Bishop of Nicaea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1519¹		Born
14 Mar 1543	24.2	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
23 Jan 1555	36.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia
23 Jan 1555	36.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicaea
15 Dec 1560	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nicaea
9 Jul 1577	58.5	Succeeded	Patriarch of Ethiopia
19 Aug 1583	64.6	Died	Patriarch of Ethiopia

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão
(WikiData: Q2894283)
Patriarch Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão S.J. (born 1519, died 19 Aug 1583) Patriarch of Ethiopia

Event Place
Birth Place Coimbra, Diocese of Coimbra, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Goa, Archdiocese of Goa, India
Death Place Macao, Diocese of Macau, China

a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch João Nunes Barreto, S.J. †
Patriarch of Ethiopia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaspar de Leão Pereira †
Archbishop of Goa
Bishop Jorge de Santa Luzia, O.P. †
Bishop of Malacca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch João Nunes Barreto, S.J. † (1555)
Patriarch of Ethiopia
Bishop Julião de Alva †
Bishop of Portalegre

Event	Place
Birth Place	Coimbra, Diocese of Coimbra, Portugal
Ordained Bishop	Goa, Archdiocese of Goa, India
Death Place	Macao, Diocese of Macau, China

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 257, and Page 97
ob/c2+: CB, 26 Jan 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1560, Number 12
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 70, Number 5,517

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a bishop for 22.6 years	Principal Consecrator: Patriarch João Nunes Barreto, S.J. † Patriarch of Ethiopia Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Gaspar de Leão Pereira † Archbishop of Goa Bishop Jorge de Santa Luzia, O.P. † Bishop of Malacca
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Patriarch João Nunes Barreto, S.J. † (1555) Patriarch of Ethiopia Bishop Julião de Alva † Bishop of Portalegre