Archbishop Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami

Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1959		Born
15 Mar 1987	27.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
21 Jun 1987	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
31 Oct 2019	60.2	Appointed	Patriarchal Administrator of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
12 May 2022	62.7	Confirmed	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
18 Jun 2022	62.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

MicroData Summary
Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami
Archbishop Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami
(born 15 Aug 1959)
Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi

Event Place
Birth Place Zahlé, Lebanon
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Deliverance at Charfet, Monastery, Daroun-Harissa, Lebanon

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe
Archbishop Emeritus of Mossul (Syrian)
Archbishop Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor
Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian)
Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian)
Bishop Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash
Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian)

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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q108449589

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Oct 2019
ab: Bollettino, 12 May 2022
od/ob/c02: CB, 12 May 2022
c3+: CB, 20 Jun 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Number 20,939

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