Archbishop Camille Zaidan †

Deceased

Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Mar 1944		Born
23 Oct 1971	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Jun 2011	67.2	Selected	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
13 Aug 2011	67.4	Confirmed	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
13 Aug 2011	67.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
23 Sep 2011	67.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
Jun 2012³	68.2	Selected	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Jun 2012	68.2	Confirmed	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon
21 Oct 2019	75.6	Died	Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite), Lebanon

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Camille Zaidan
Archbishop Camille Zaidan
(born 9 Mar 1944, died 21 Oct 2019)
Archbishop of Antélias

Ad Limina - November 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Qusayba - Metn
Ordained Bishop Assomption de la Très Sainte Vierge, Church, Bkerké, Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

a priest for 47.9 years
a bishop for 8.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Youssef Mohsen Béchara †
Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite)
Bishop Samir Mazloum
Titular Bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
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 Blessed 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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Maroun Nasser Gemayel (2012)
Bishop Paul-Marwan Tabet, M.L. (2013)
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L. (2013)
Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 19147869401274980174
WikiData: Q1029296

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Aug 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 24 Aug 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 207, Number 17,148
sele: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2012, Page 992
ab: Bollettino, 16 Jun 2012
d: CB, 21 Oct 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)

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