Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis

Permanent Observer to United Nations

Titular Archbishop of Rusellae

Motto: Scis Domine, Quia Amo Te

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1968		Born
21 May 1994	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
24 Nov 2018	50.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
24 Nov 2018	50.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae
19 Jan 2019	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Rusellae
3 Jan 2023	54.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to United Arab Emirates
22 Jul 2024	55.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Yemen
22 Jul 2024	55.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula
25 Jul 2026	57.9	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations

MicroData Summary
Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis
Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis
(born 24 Aug 1968)
Permanent Observer of United Nations

Event Place
Birth Place Beirut, Archeparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
Ordained Priest Saint George, Cathedral, Beirut, Archeparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to United Nations.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader †
Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite)
Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Dominique François Joseph Cardinal Mamberti
Cardinal-Deacon of Santo Spirito in Sassia
Archbishop Paul Youssef Matar
Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. (2021)
Bishop Yousaf Sohan (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Indrias Rehmat (2019)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Beirut, Archeparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
Ordained Priest	Saint George, Cathedral, Beirut, Archeparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 249550045
WikiData: Q59155925

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2018
ob: CB, 7 Dec 2018
c2+: CB, 19 Jan 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Number 20,092
ab: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2023
ab: Bollettino, 22 Jul 2024
ab: Bollettino, 25 Jul 2026

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