Bishop Giovanni Mele †

Deceased

Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1885		Born
7 Jun 1908	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
10 Mar 1919	33.3	Appointed	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
8 Jun 1919	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
10 Feb 1979	93.3	Died	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Mele
Bishop Giovanni Mele
(born 19 Oct 1885, died 10 Feb 1979)
Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Acquaformosa

a priest for 70.6 years
a bishop for 59.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos †
Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paolo Schirò †
Titular Bishop of Benda
Assisted by:
Abbot Arsenio Pellegrini, O.S.B.I. †
Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos † (1912)
Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
Archbishop Michel Miroff (Mirov) † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis
Bishop Mihail Petkov † (1883)
Titular Bishop of Hebron
Archbishop Nilo Isvoroff †
Bishop

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Ercole Lupinacci † (1959)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro † (1938)
Bishop Vasile Cristea, A.A. † (1960)
Bishop Giovanni Stamati † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj † (1924)
Bishop Basil Takacs (Takach) † (1924)
Bishop Kiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev † (1926)
Bishop Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. † (1931)
Archbishop Alexandre Evreinoff † (1936)
Gabriel Acacius Cardinal Coussa, B.A. † (1961)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/231162
VIAF: 89289221
WikiData: Q60220710

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 37

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