Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)

Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1933		Born	Daraya
15 Feb 1959	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)
1975²	41.0	Appointed	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
9 Sep 1981	47.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
27 Nov 1981	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
1992²	58.0	Appointed	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
1998²	64.0	Appointed	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
29 Nov 2000	67.0	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Nov 2000	67.0	Selected	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
5 Dec 2000	67.0	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
5 Dec 2000	67.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

Please contact the Patriarch through the Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek).

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Principal Consecrator:
- Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
  Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S. †
  Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
- Archbishop François Abou Mokh, B.S. †
  Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti

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 † (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 † (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 †
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)

Principal Consecrator of:
- Archbishop Salim Ghazal, B.S. † (2001)
- Bishop Joseph Absi, S.M.S.P. (2001)
- Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey (2001)
- Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. (2002)
- Bishop Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. (2003)
- Archbishop Elias Rahal, S.M.S.P. (2004)
- Archbishop Georges Bacaouni (Bakouny) (2005)
- Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar (2006)
- Archbishop Michel Abrass, B.A. (2006)
- Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. (2007)
- Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S. (2007)
- Archbishop Yasser Hanna Ayyash (2007)
- Bishop Robert Rabbat (2011)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Archbishop Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. † (1987)

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