Bishop Mélèce Fendé †

Deceased

Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Events

Date	Event	Title
1838²	Appointed	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
2 Feb 1838	Ordained Bishop	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
1846²	Resigned	Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
1849²	Appointed	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
1851²	Appointed	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
1869²	Died	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Mélèce Fendé
Bishop Mélèce Fendé
(died 1869)
Bishop of Baalbek

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Cairo

a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Basile Kfoury †
Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Macaire Samman †
Bishop

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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:
Archbishop Gregorio (Michael) Ata (Atta) † (1849)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64779543

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1838, Number 2
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 44, Number 3,002

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