Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.

Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1933		Born
15 Aug 1949	15.6	Simple Vows	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)
20 Jan 1952	18.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)
15 Feb 1959	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)
1975²	41.0	Appointed	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
9 Sep 1981	47.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
27 Nov 1981	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
1992²	58.0	Appointed	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
1998²	64.0	Appointed	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
29 Nov 2000	66.9	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
29 Nov 2000	66.9	Selected	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
5 Dec 2000	66.9	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
5 Dec 2000	66.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
6 May 2017	83.3	Retired	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
6 May 2017	83.3	Retired	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham
Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham B.S. (born 15 Dec 1933) Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}

Event Place
Birth Place Daraya, Archdiocese of Damas (Melkite Greek)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Damas, Archdiocese of Damas (Melkite Greek)

Please contact the Patriarch through the Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Andrei Apollon Katkoff, M.I.C. †
Titular Bishop of Nauplia
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S. †
Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop François Abou Mokh, B.S. †
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim † (1943)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril IX Mogabgab † (1899)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Peter IV Géraigiry † (1886)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour) † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Bahous † (1836)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum † (1810)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Agapios III Matar, B.S. † (1795)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) † (1763)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Euthyme Fadel (Maalouly) † (1724)
Bishop of Fourzol (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Néophytos Nasri † (1722)
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Athanasius Dabbas † (1685)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Leonce †
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Salim Ghazal, B.S. † (2001)
Patriarch Youssef (Joseph) Absi, S.M.S.P. (2001)
Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey (2001)
Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, S.M.S.P. (2002)
Bishop Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, B.S. (2003)
Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P. (2004)
Archbishop Georges Wadih Bacouni (Bakouny) (2005)
Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado (2006)
Archbishop Michel Abrass, B.A. (2006)
Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, B.C. (2007)
Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S. (2007)
Archbishop Yaser Rasmi Hanna Al-Ayyash (2007)
Bishop Robert Rabbat (2011)
Archbishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A. (2013)
Archbishop Edouard Georges Daher, B.C. (2013)
Bishop Ibrahim Salameh, S.M.S.P. (2013)
Archbishop Joseph Gébara (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Georges Ibrahim Kwaïter, B.S. † (1987)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 6 May 2017
simp/c1: CB, 11 Jul 2017
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Number 5,680
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,775

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