Archbishop Paul Achkar †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1893		Born	Damas
15 Aug 1921	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Sep 1961	68.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
11 Nov 1961	68.8	Confirmed	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Dec 1961	68.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
18 Aug 1981	88.5	Retired	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
23 Apr 1982	89.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

a priest for 60.7 years a bishop for 20.3 years	Principal Consecrator: Maximos IV Cardinal Saigh, S.M.S.P. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi † Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Paul Achkar † (1961) Maximos IV Cardinal Saigh, S.M.S.P. † (1919) Patriarch Dimitros I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † (1903) Patriarch Cyrille VIII Geha † (1885) Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef †	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A. † Archbishop Nicolas Naaman, M.S.P. † Archbishop Joseph-Marie Raya †