Archbishop Elias Zoghbi †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jan 1912		Born	Le Caire
20 Jul 1936	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Aug 1954	42.6	Selected	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
2 Sep 1954	42.6	Confirmed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
2 Sep 1954	42.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nubia
21 Nov 1954	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nubia
9 Sep 1968	56.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
24 Oct 1988	76.8	Retired	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
16 Jan 2008	96.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Source(s):

c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1954
d: CB

a priest for 71.5 years a bishop for 53.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Maximos IV Cardinal Saigh, S.M.S.P. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P. † Bishop Dionisio Kfoury, B.S. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Elias Zoghbi † (1954) Maximos IV Cardinal Saigh, S.M.S.P. † (1919) Patriarch Dimitros I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † (1903) Patriarch Cyrille VIII Geha † (1885) Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef † (1856) Patriarch Clément Bahous †	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Elias Coueter † Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Joseph Elias Tawil † Archbishop Paul Antaki † Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P. Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey