Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi †

Deceased

Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jun 1914		Born	Sanandadj
3 Mar 1940	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
23 Jun 1967	53.0	Selected	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
1 Sep 1967	53.2	Confirmed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
1 Sep 1967	53.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hieropolis
22 Oct 1967	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Hieropolis
7 Mar 1970	55.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
7 Feb 1999	84.6	Died	Archbishop of Teheran (Chaldean), Iran

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Cheikho †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Zaya Dachtou †
Archbishop Thomas Michel Bidawid †
Patriarch Raphaël I Bidawid †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Youhannan Semaan Issayi † (1967)
Archbishop Joseph Cheikho † (1944)
Archbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri † (1902)
Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † (1892)
Patriarch Pierre Elie XII Abboloyonan † (1874)
Patriarch Joseph VI Audu † (1825)
Archbishop Augustin Hindi † (1804)
Bishop Isaie Jesu-Yab-Jean Guriel † (1795)
Patriarch Youhanan VIII Hormez †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Hanna Zora
Archbishop Thomas Meram
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Kevin William Barden, O.P. †
Archbishop Ramzi Garmou

Source(s):

b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 107, Number 9,390
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)

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