Syrian Arab Republic

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
21 Feb 2007	96.4	Died	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
9 Jun 2007	76.7	Retired	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
5 Jan 2008	61.7	Appointed	Georges Michel Bakar	Protosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
4 Jun 2008	67.0	Appointed	Joseph Jules Zerey	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
21 Sep 2008	71.2	Retired	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
30 Dec 2008	63.0	Appointed	Mario Zenari	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
25 Jun 2010	65.1	Selected	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
6 Sep 2010	60.1	Resigned	Isidore Battikha, B.A.	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Mar 2011	76.9	Retired	Iwannis Louis Awad	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
	54.7	Appointed	Jihad Mtanos Battah	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	54.7	Appointed	Jihad Mtanos Battah	Titular Bishop of Phaena	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	65.3	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
	65.3	Appointed	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
	80.6	Resigned	Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Curial Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr 2011	79.8	Died	Salim Ghazal, B.S. †	Curial Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
4 May 2011	94.7	Died	Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri †	Archbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)
20 May 2011	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Jihad Mtanos Battah	Titular Bishop of Phaena	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
22 May 2011	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Syrian)
28 May 2011	71.4	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
28 May 2011	71.4	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
15 Jun 2011	66.1	Confirmed	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
14 Aug 2011	66.3	Installed	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
15 Sep 2011	78.9	Retired	Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P.	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Dec 2011	85.0	Died	Paul Antaki †	Protosyncellus Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
16 Jan 2012	71.7	Resigned	Massoud Massoud	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)	Bishop Emeritus
16 Jan 2012	60.4	Confirmed	Elias Khoury Slaiman Slaiman	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)
25 Feb 2012	60.5	Ordained Bishop	Elias Khoury Slaiman Slaiman	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)
26 Feb 2012	60.5	Installed	Elias Khoury Slaiman Slaiman	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite)
7 Apr 2012	81.6	Died	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Apr 2012	82.2	Died	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite)
11 Jun 2012	81.8	Died	Raymond Eid †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite)
22 Jun 2012	66.5	Selected	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)
23 Jun 2012	60.0	Confirmed	Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C.	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek)
2 Feb 2013	71.7	Appointed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
15 Apr 2013	75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab]	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 May 2013	67.4	Confirmed	Nicolas Antiba, B.A.	Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)