Patriarch Agapios III Matar †

Deceased

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)

Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1736¹		Born	Damas
1782¹	46.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
1795²	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
10 Jul 1795	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
31 Aug 1796	60.7	Appointed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
31 Aug 1796	60.7	Appointed	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
21 Jan 1812	76.1	Died	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 30.1 years a bishop for 16.5 years	Principal Consecrator: Patriarch Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Patriarch Agapios III Matar † (1795) Patriarch Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) † (1763) Bishop Euthyme Fadel (Maalouly) † (1724) Bishop Néophytos Nasri †	Principal Consecrator of: Patriarch Athanase IV Matar † Bishop Clément Moutran † Bishop Cyrille Khabbaz † Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum † Patriarch Macaire IV Tawil, B.S. †

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,139

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