Archbishop Joseph Jacob Abiad †

Deceased

Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1916		Born
28 Aug 1941	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 May 1971	54.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
29 Aug 1971	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria
31 Jul 1982	66.2	Died	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian), Syria

MicroData Summary
Joseph Jacob Abiad
Archbishop Joseph Jacob Abiad
(born 14 May 1916, died 31 Jul 1982)
Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk)

Event Place
Birth Place Deir-ez-Zor

a priest for 40.9 years
a bishop for 10.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Siri
Archbishop Jacques Michel Djarwé †
Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (1959)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Cardinal Tappouni † (1913)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (1887)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (1862)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (1826)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
[Jacobite Patriarch Ignatius George V Sayar] †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Cardinal Daoud † (1977)
Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka † (1979)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21547149

Source(s):

Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 770

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