Bishop Athanasios Louis Sidhom Abadir †

Deceased

Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1922		Born
8 Jul 1950	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
18 May 1976	53.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
18 May 1976	53.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Appia
26 Sep 1976	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Appia
17 Dec 1982	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
20 Feb 1983	60.5	Installed	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
25 May 1992	69.7	Died	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

MicroData Summary
Athanasios Louis Sidhom Abadir
Bishop Athanasios Louis Sidhom Abadir
(born 18 Aug 1922, died 25 May 1992)
Bishop of Ismayliah

Event Place
Birth Place Qusiyah, Eparchy of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Seminary, Church
Buried Place (Original) Our Lady of Egypt, Cathedral, Nasr City, Cairo, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 15.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Patriarch Markos II Mark Khouzam †
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Principal Consecrator:
Stephanos I Cardinal Sidarouss, C.M. †
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †
Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Bishop Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Bishop Youhanna Kabes †
Titular Bishop of Cleopatris
Archbishop Isaac Ghattas †
Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Stephanos I Cardinal Sidarouss, C.M. † (1948)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Patriarch Markos II Mark Khouzam † (1926)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Archbishop Andrea Cassulo † (1914)
Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica
Archbishop Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † (1893)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Antonios Cardinal Naguib † (1977)
Bishop Youannès Malak Hanna Salib † (1979)
Bishop Youhanna Kamal Golta † (1986)
Bishop Andraos Salama † (1989)
Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan † (1990)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Qusiyah, Eparchy of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Seminary, Church
Buried Place (Original)	Our Lady of Egypt, Cathedral, Nasr City, Cairo, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21546819

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 37, Number 2,259
nm/c1/loc/i: CB, 26 Aug 2026

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