Archbishop Georges El-Murr, B.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1930		Born
27 Jul 1958	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)
26 Aug 1992	61.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
23 Oct 1992	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
1997	66.2	Appointed	Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (Melkite Greek)
2004¹	73.2	Resigned	Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (Melkite Greek)
18 Jun 2007	76.6	Retired	Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan
8 Feb 2017	86.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek), Jordan

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Georges El-Murr
(WikiData: Q1508881)
Archbishop Georges El-Murr B.C. (born 11 Oct 1930, died 8 Feb 2017) Archbishop Emeritus of Petra e Filadelfia

Event Place
Birth Place Ka'a, Lebanon
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Zahlé, Archeparchy of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 24.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop André Haddad, B.S. †
Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Abraham (Ibrahim) Nehmé, B.C. †
Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 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 Elias Chacour (2006)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. (2002)
Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. (2007)
Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash (2007)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,931
d: CB, 9 Feb 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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