Bishop Spiridon Mattar †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1921		Born
20 Jul 1946	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
22 Jun 1978	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
20 Jul 1978	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
20 Apr 1990	69.1	Resigned	Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil
26 Jul 2014	93.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite Greek), Brazil

MicroData Summary
Spiridon Mattar
Bishop Spiridon Mattar
(born 1 Mar 1921, died 26 Jul 2014)
Bishop Emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo

Event Place
Birth Place Alexandria, Egypt
Ordained Priest Beirut, Archeparchy of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
Ordained Bishop Harissa, Archeparchy of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
Death Place Boa Esperanca

a priest for 68.0 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Georges Haddad †
Archbishop of Tyr (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Habib Bacha, S.M.S.P. †
Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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: Q1584649

Source(s):

d: CB, 26 Jul 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
bp/opd/c1: CB, 19 Jul 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 56, Number 4,122

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