Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad †

Deceased

Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1930		Born
17 Oct 1954	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
1991	60.5	Appointed	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
29 Jun 1996	66.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri
21 Jun 1997	66.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri
16 Feb 2001	70.6	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
16 Feb 2001	70.6	Selected	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 Feb 2001	70.6	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 Feb 2001	70.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
2 Feb 2008	77.5	Retired	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
2 Feb 2008	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
4 Apr 2018	87.7	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

MicroData Summary for Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad
(WikiData: Q239538)
Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad (born 28 Jun 1930, died 4 Apr 2018) Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}

Event Place
Birth Place Alep
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Cathedral, Alep
Death Place Jerusalem, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
Buried Place (Original) St. Joseph, Church, Bethlehem, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine

a priest for 63.4 years
a bishop for 20.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri †
Archbishop Emeritus of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)
Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (1959)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
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 Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (2006)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda (2001)
Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki (2002)
Bishop Iwannis Louis Awad † (2003)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Alep
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Cathedral, Alep
Death Place	Jerusalem, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
Buried Place (Original)	St. Joseph, Church, Bethlehem, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 13,019
d: CB, 4 Apr 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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