Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad

Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1930		Born	Alep
17 Oct 1954	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
1991	60.5	Appointed	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Syrian), Palestine
29 Jun 1996	66.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri
21 Jun 1997	67.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri
16 Feb 2001	70.6	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Feb 2001	70.6	Selected	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 Feb 2001	70.6	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 Feb 2001	70.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
2 Feb 2008	77.6	Retired	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
2 Feb 2008	77.6	Retired	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon

Please contact the Patriarch through the Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri †
Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad (1997)
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (1959)
Ignace Gabriel I Cardinal Tappouni † (1913)
Patriarch Ignacio Dionisio Efrem Rahmani (Rahamani) †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda
Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki
Bishop Iwannis Louis Awad

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,019

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