Bishop Joseph Absi, S.M.S.P.

Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)

Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1946		Born	Damasco
6 May 1973	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)
22 Jun 2001	55.0	Appointed	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
22 Jun 2001	55.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
2 Sep 2001	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
2007	60.5	Resigned	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Please contact the Bishop through the Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti
Archbishop Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.
Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. (1981)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim † (1943)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril IX Mogabgab † (1899)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Peter IV Géraigiry † (1886)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Bahous † (1836)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum † (1810)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Agapios III Matar † (1795)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) † (1763)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Euthyme Fadel (Maalouly) † (1724)
Bishop of Fourzol (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Néophytos Nasri †
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Yasser Hanna Ayyash (2007)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,037

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