Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Sep 1938		Born
16 Aug 1962	23.9	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
21 Mar 1970	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
22 Jul 1993	54.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
18 Sep 1993	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
28 Jun 1995	56.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
9 Jan 2002	63.3	Appointed	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina
8 Nov 2011	73.1	Resigned	Bishop of Neuquén, Argentina
14 Apr 2021	82.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén, Argentina

MicroData Summary for Marcelo Angiolo Melani
(WikiData: Q1893368)
Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani S.D.B. (born 15 Sep 1938, died 14 Apr 2021) Bishop Emeritus of Neuquén

Ad Limina - March 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Firenze, Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Gimnasio Municipal, Viedma, Diocese of Viedma
Death Place Pucallpa, Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru

a priest for 51.0 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Michele Cardinal Pellegrino †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Miguel Esteban Hesayne †
Bishop of Viedma
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jorge Mayer †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca
Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Neuquén

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Miguel Esteban Hesayne † (1975)
Bishop of Viedma
Bishop Manuel Marengo † (1950)
Bishop of Azul
Archbishop Nicolás Fasolino † (1932)
Archbishop of Santa Fe
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B. (2002)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Firenze, Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Gimnasio Municipal, Viedma, Diocese of Viedma
Death Place	Pucallpa, Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa, Peru

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 8 Nov 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Number 12,240
d: CB, 14 Apr 2021
c1/firs: CB, 15 Apr 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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