Patriarch Yuhanna Boutros El-Hajj †

Deceased

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1817		Born
26 Dec 1839	22.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Aug 1861	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
15 Aug 1861	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon
28 Apr 1890	72.4	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
23 Jun 1890	72.6	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
24 Dec 1898	81.1	Died	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

MicroData Summary
Yuhanna Boutros El-Hajj
Patriarch Yuhanna Boutros El-Hajj
(born 1 Nov 1817, died 24 Dec 1898)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

Event Place
Birth Place Delebte in Monte Libano

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) † (1841)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youssef Boutros Hobaish (Habaisci) † (1820)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou (Dolce) † (1786)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Bl. Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Yuhanna Murad † (1892)
Archbishop Nematalla Seluan † (1892)
Archbishop Youssef Darian † (1896)
Archbishop Youssef Debs (Diab) † (1896)
Archbishop Youssef Estefan † (1896)
Archbishop Paul Aouad (Awad, Auad) † (1896)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Patriarch Blessed Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Archbishop Paul Abdulla Massad † (1889)
Archbishop Youhanna Habib † (1889)
Bishop Youssef Najm (Naim) † (1889)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305234638
WikiData: Q2075417

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 108
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1861, Number 24

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