José Moreira de Melo
His Excellency José Moreira de Melo | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus of Itapeva | |
| Province | Sorocaba |
| Diocese | Itapeva |
| Appointed | 17 January 1996 |
| Term ended | 19 October 2016 |
| Predecessor | Alano Maria Pena |
| Successor | Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 27 January 1968 |
| Consecration | 25 March 1996 by João Bosco Oliver de Faria, Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira and José Lambert Filho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1941 Serra do Salitre, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 25 October 2025 (aged 84) Itapeva, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Motto | Sodalitas ad Evangelizandum[1] |
José Moreira de Melo (3 August 1941 – 25 October 2025) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Itapeva from 1996 to 2016.
Biography
José Moreira de Melo was born in Serra do Salitre on 3 August 1941. He entered the seminary in 1954 and his ordination as a priest took place on 27 January 1968, in Patos de Minas.[2]
He received episcopal appointment on 17 January 1996 and was ordained bishop in Patos de Minas, on 25 March 1996, with Archbishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria as main ordainer: Archbishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria and concelebrants: Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira and Dom José Lambert Filho C.S.S.[3]
By virtue of his 75 years, of which 20 he exercised in the episcopal ministry of Itapeva, he presented Pope Francis with his resignation as provided for in the Code of Canon Law, then becoming bishop emeritus of that diocese.
Moreira de Melo died on 25 October 2025, at the age of 84.[4]
References
- ^ Morre aos 84 anos Dom José Moreira de Melo, bispo emérito da Diocese de Itapeva (in Portuguese)
- ^ The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord ... P.J. Kenedy. 2002.
- ^ "Bishop José Moreira de Melo [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Morre aos 84 anos Dom José Moreira de Melo, bispo emérito da Diocese de Itapeva". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.