Archbishop Jean Nissan †

Deceased

Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1880		Born	Dehük
18 Mar 1905	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 May 1914	33.8	Selected	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
15 Sep 1914	34.1	Confirmed	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
6 Dec 1915	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
20 Apr 1937	56.7	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
30 Oct 1956	76.3	Died	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

a priest for 51.6 years
a bishop for 40.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas †
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri †
Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei
Archbishop Grégoire Pierre Habra †
Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † (1892)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Pierre Elie XII Abboloyonan † (1874)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Patriarch Joseph VI Audu † (1825)
Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean)
Archbishop Augustin Hindi † (1804)
Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean)
Bishop Isaie Jesu-Yab-Jean Guriel † (1795)
Bishop of Salmas {Shahpour} (Chaldean)
Archbishop Youhanan VIII Hormez †
Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean Kurio † (1942)
Archbishop Joseph Cheikho † (1944)
Patriarch Paul II Cheikho † (1947)
Archbishop Raphaël Rabban † (1947)
Bishop Etienne Katcho † (1947)

Source(s):

b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 107, Number 9,364
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1914, Number 69

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