Archbishop Paul Coussa †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1917		Born
17 Apr 1941	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Aug 1969	51.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
26 Aug 1969	51.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia
21 Dec 1969	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia
27 Jun 1983	65.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
13 Oct 2001	84.0	Retired	Archbishop of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq
7 Jul 2012	94.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Armenian), Iraq

MicroData Summary
Paul Coussa
Archbishop Paul Coussa
(born 9 Sep 1917, died 7 Jul 2012)
Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad

Event Place
Birth Place Alep

a priest for 71.2 years
a bishop for 42.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Layek †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian)
Bishop Joseph Gennangi †
Bishop of Kamichlié (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † (1933)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Andon Bedros Hassoun † (1842)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Mikail Nersès Sétian † (1981)
Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos (Augustin) Coussa (2004)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q465982

Source(s):

d: CB, 9 Jul 2012
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 828

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