Bishop Georges Chihane

Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 May 1953		Born
12 Aug 1979	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
16 Jun 2012	59.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
28 Jul 2012	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

MicroData Summary
Georges Chihane
Bishop Georges Chihane
(born 31 May 1953)
Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo}

Ad Limina - November 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Haret Sakhr
Ordained Bishop Bkerké

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M.
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop François Eid, O.M.M.
Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite)
Archbishop Paul Nabil El-Sayah
Curial Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir † (1961)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Pierre-Paul Méouchi † (1934)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pierre Arida † (1908)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Halim Habib (2021)
Bishop Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh (2023)
Bishop Morqos Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 3378163813693839110006
WikiData: Q1508844

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Jun 2012
ob/c2: CB, 11 Jul 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Number 17,516
c2+: CB, 9 Apr 2018
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Number 19,749

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