Archbishop Elias Nijmé, B.A. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Aug 1920		Born
20 Jul 1944	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)
16 Aug 1971	51.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
16 Aug 1971	51.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti
5 Sep 1971	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Palmyra dei Greco-Melkiti
7 Feb 1978	57.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
5 Aug 1995	74.9	Retired	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
6 Nov 1998	78.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

MicroData Summary for Elias Nijmé
(WikiData: Q1329107)
Archbishop Elias Nijmé B.A. (born 16 Aug 1920, died 6 Nov 1998) Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus}

Event Place
Birth Place Alep
Ordained Bishop Convent

a priest for 54.2 years
a bishop for 27.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
Archbishop Grégoire Haddad †
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 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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A. (1995)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,144

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