Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)

Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 May 1962		Born
30 Jul 1995	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Jun 2005	43.0	Selected	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
20 Oct 2005	43.4	Confirmed	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
27 Nov 2005	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
Jun 2014³	52.0	Selected	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
21 Jun 2014	52.0	Confirmed	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
5 Aug 2014	52.2	Installed	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
9 Nov 2018	56.4	Selected	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
24 Nov 2018	56.5	Confirmed	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)
Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny)
(born 16 May 1962)
Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail}

Event Place
Birth Place Ain el-Roummaneh
Ordained Bishop Saint-Paul, Basilica, Harissa, Archeparchy of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †
Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Assaad Haddad †
Archbishop Emeritus of Tyr (Melkite Greek)
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 (Sayyour) † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Michael Bahous † (1836)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum † (1810)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Agapios III Matar, B.S. † (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 † (1722)
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Athanasius Dabbas † (1685)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Leonce †
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Youssef Abedallah Matta (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Gébara (2013)
Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. (2020)
Bishop Jean-Marie Chami, Ist. del Prado (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1386247

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Oct 2005
c2+/ln: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Number 15,013
ab: Bollettino, 21 Jun 2014
i: CB, 3 Aug 2014

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