Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf

Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1943		Born
15 Apr 1968	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
14 Jan 2000	56.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
4 Mar 2000	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
17 Aug 2021	78.5	Retired	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

MicroData Summary
Nicolas Sawaf
Archbishop Nicolas Sawaf
(born 8 Feb 1943)
Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea}

Event Place
Birth Place Alep, Archeparchy of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Alep, Archeparchy of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. †
Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Fares Maakaroun
Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. † (1983)
Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)
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 Michael 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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1317745

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Number 13,706
opd/c1: CB, 17 Jul 2017
r: Bollettino, 17 Aug 2021

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