Archbishop Youssef Mohsen Béchara †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1935		Born
19 Apr 1963	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 Apr 1986	51.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
18 May 1986	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
11 Jun 1988	53.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Jun 2012	77.2	Retired	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
9 Jun 2020	85.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

MicroData Summary
Youssef Mohsen Béchara
Archbishop Youssef Mohsen Béchara
(born 19 Mar 1935, died 9 Jun 2020)
Archbishop Emeritus of Antélias

Event Place
Birth Place Arbet-Kozhaya
Ordained Bishop Bkerke
Death Place

a priest for 57.1 years
a bishop for 34.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Chucrallah Harb †
Bishop of Jounieh (Maronite)
Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé †
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir † (1961)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Pierre-Paul Méouchi † (1934)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pierre Arida † (1908)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) † (1841)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youssef Boutros Hobaish (Habaisci) † (1820)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou (Dolce) † (1786)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Bl. Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Antoine Farès Bou Najem (1993)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Antoine Farès Bou Najem (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Abdallah Bared † (1986)
Bishop Antoine Torbey † (1986)
Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé † (1986)
Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Archbishop Boutros Edmond Gemayel † (1988)
Bishop Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi † (1997)
Bishop Samir Mazloum (1997)
Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari (1997)
Bishop Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. (2003)
Archbishop Camille Zaidan † (2011)
Bishop Mounir Khairallah (2012)
Bishop Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. (2012)
Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 195169487
WikiData: Q631996

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 106, Number 9,235
r: Bollettino, 16 Jun 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 9 Jun 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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