Maximos IV Cardinal Saigh, S.M.S.P. †

Deceased

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Apr 1878		Born	Alep
17 Sep 1905	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Other
30 Aug 1919	41.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon
30 Aug 1919	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite), Lebanon
30 Aug 1933	55.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite), Lebanon
30 Oct 1947	69.6	Appointed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
21 Jun 1948	70.2	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria
22 Feb 1965	86.9	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Nov 1967	89.6	Died	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite), Syria

Consistory - 1965: Created Cardinal

a priest for 62.1 years
a bishop for 48.2 years
a cardinal for 2.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dimitros I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignazio Homsi †
Archbishop Flaviano Khoury (Kfoury) †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Maximos IV Cardinal Saigh, S.M.S.P. † (1919)
Archbishop Dimitros I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † (1903)
Archbishop Cyrille VIII Geha † (1885)
Archbishop Grégoire II Youssef †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Elias Zoghbi
Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil †
Archbishop Augustin Farah †
Bishop Gabriel Abou-Saada †
Archbishop Paul Achkar †
Archbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †
Archbishop Grégoire Haddad
Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, B.A.
Archbishop Nicolas Hajj, S.D.S. †
Archbishop Georges Haddad †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Etienne Soukkarie †

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