Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh

Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt

Note(s): (Visitator/Coptics in Canada and USA)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1971		Born
27 Jun 2002	31.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
31 Mar 2023	52.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
11 May 2023	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic), Egypt
16 Dec 2023	52.8	Appointed	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

MicroData Summary
Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh
Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh
(born 19 Feb 1971)
Bishop of Ismayliah

Event Place
Birth Place Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Ordained Priest Mother of Divine Love, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Ordained Bishop Saint Mark, Cathedral, Ismayliah, Eparchy of Ismayliah (Coptic)

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Ismayliah (Coptic).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan †
Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Lotfy Khella
Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Bishop Emmanuel (Khaled Ayad) Bishay
Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe
Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic)
Bishop Thomas Halim Habib
Bishop of Sohag (Coptic)
Bishop Makarios Tewfik
Bishop Emeritus of Ismayliah (Coptic)
Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin
Titular Archbishop of Aeclanum
Bishop Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.
Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
Bishop Georges Chihane
Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak) (2002)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Stéphanos II (Andraos) Cardinal Ghattas, C.M. † (1967)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
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:
Bishop Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q117351399

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Mar 2023
ob/c2: CB, 24 Apr 2023
c3+: CB, 11 May 2023
ab: Bollettino, 16 Dec 2023
c1: CB, 24 Aug 2026

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