Archbishop Alexandros Habib Scandar †

Deceased

Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Mar 1895		Born
11 Jun 1922	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Delta of the Nile, Egypt
Oct 1933³	38.5	Incardinated	Priest of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
9 Aug 1947	52.4	Appointed	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
14 Dec 1947	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
14 Dec 1947	52.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Oct 1949	54.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
Dec 1963	68.7	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
29 Dec 1964	69.7	Died	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alexandros Habib Scandar
Archbishop Alexandros Habib Scandar
(born 13 Mar 1895, died 29 Dec 1964)
Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis}

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Cairo, Prefecture Apostolic of Delta of the Nile
Ordained Bishop Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Buried Place (Original) Mother of Divine Love, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 17.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jules Girard, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Markos II Mark Khouzam †
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Clément Michel Bakhache †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon dei Siri
Archbishop Jacques Nessimian †
Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Markos II Mark Khouzam † (1926)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Archbishop Andrea Cassulo † (1914)
Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica
Archbishop Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † (1893)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Stephanos I Cardinal Sidarouss, C.M. † (1948)
Archbishop Isaac Ghattas † (1949)
Bishop Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † (1959)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cairo, Prefecture Apostolic of Delta of the Nile
Ordained Bishop	Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Buried Place (Original)	Mother of Divine Love, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745185

Source(s):

c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111, Number 9,798
c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,906
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 129
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,288
mn/aadm/c1/loc: CB, 24 Aug 2026

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