Archbishop 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
29 Jun 1996	66.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
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	Appointed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 Feb 2001	70.6	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
2 Feb 2008	77.6	Retired	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

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

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