Archbishop Boutros (Pierre) Raï, B.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)

Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1922		Born
26 Jun 1948	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)
9 Sep 1968	45.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
9 Sep 1968	45.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti
10 Nov 1968	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti
27 Feb 1988	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)
19 Feb 1990	67.2	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)
19 Feb 1990	67.2	Appointed	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
7 Jun 1994	71.5	Died	Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Melkite Greek)

MicroData Summary
Boutros (Pierre) Raï
Archbishop Boutros (Pierre) Raï B.A.
(born 8 Nov 1922, died 7 Jun 1994)
Bishop of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México

Event Place
Birth Place Aleppo
Ordained Bishop Saint Elias, Cathedral, Beirut, Archdiocese of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
Death Place Caracas, Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)

a priest for 45.9 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Georges Haddad †
Archbishop of Tyr (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)

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P. (1970)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nicholas James Samra (1989)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q895303

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ab/orve: CB, 19 Jul 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 251

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