Archbishop Boutros Edmond Gemayel †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1932		Born
12 Apr 1959	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cyprus (Maronite)
11 Jun 1988	55.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
11 Sep 1988	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
6 Jun 2008	75.9	Retired	Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
21 Aug 2021	89.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)

MicroData Summary
Boutros Edmond Gemayel
Archbishop Boutros Edmond Gemayel
(born 29 Jun 1932, died 21 Aug 2021)
Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus

Event Place
Birth Place Ain El-Kharroubé, Lebanon
Ordained Bishop Patriarchal, Church, Bkerké
Death Place Lebanon

a priest for 62.3 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Khoury †
Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elie Farah †
Archbishop Emeritus of Cyprus (Maronite)
Archbishop Youssef Mohsen Béchara †
Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir † (1961)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Pierre-Paul Méouchi † (1934)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pierre Arida † (1908)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) † (1841)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youssef Boutros Hobaish (Habaisci) † (1820)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou (Dolce) † (1786)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Bl. Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari † (1991)
Archbishop Paul Youssef Matar (1991)
Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † (1995)
Archbishop Paul Nabil El-Sayah (1996)
Bishop Tanios El Khoury † (1996)
Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif (2008)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 40789335
WikiData: Q895299

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Number 10,450
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,954
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2011, Page 175
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 21 Aug 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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