Archbishop Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1921		Born
2 Jul 1944	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Oct 1959	38.7	Selected	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
23 Oct 1959	38.8	Confirmed	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
8 Dec 1959	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
23 Jun 1996	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq
9 Dec 1999	78.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq

MicroData Summary for Cyrille Emmanuel Benni
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Archbishop Cyrille Emmanuel Benni (born 1 Jan 1921, died 9 Dec 1999) Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul

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

Event Place
Birth Place Bagdad
Ordained Bishop Beirut

a priest for 55.4 years
a bishop for 40.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Cardinal Tappouni †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †
Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria
Archbishop Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Georges Sayar]
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash (1975)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka (1979)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bagdad
Ordained Bishop	Beirut

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 103
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)

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