Archbishop Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah

Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1956		Born
19 May 1991	34.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Damas (Syrian), Syria
1 Mar 2011	54.6	Appointed	Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
1 Mar 2011	54.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Phaena
20 May 2011	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Phaena
22 Jun 2019	62.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria
27 Jul 2019	63.0	Installed	Archbishop of Damas (Syrian), Syria

MicroData Summary
Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah
Archbishop Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah
(born 26 Jun 1956)
Archbishop of Damas

Event Place
Birth Place Damas, Archeparchy of Damas (Syrian)
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Damas, Archeparchy of Damas (Syrian)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Damas (Syrian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †
Archbishop of Damas (Syrian)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gregorios Elias Tabé †
Archbishop of Damas (Syrian)
Archbishop Théophile Georges Kassab †
Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian)
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa
Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian)
Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni
Titular Archbishop of Mardin dei Siri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan (1996)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (1959)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Cardinal Tappouni † (1913)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (1887)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (1862)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (1826)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
[Jacobite Patriarch Ignatius George V Sayar] †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Matthias Charles Georges Mrad (2018)
Bishop Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros (2022)
Archbishop Julian Yacoub Murad (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 5509147907510979210005
WikiData: Q1688961

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 1 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 21 May 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,060
fn: CB, 16 Apr 2018
ab: CB, 22 Jun 2019
ab: Bollettino, 12 Jul 2019
i: CB, 28 Jul 2019

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