Bishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D.

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}

Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1922		Born	Zghorta
29 Jun 1946	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
8 Sep 1974	51.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
8 Sep 1974	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum
24 Nov 1974	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum
30 Jul 1999	76.7	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir
Bishop Bonaventure Akiki, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D. (1974)
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera † (1955)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.
Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, O.C.D.

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