Archbishop Isaac Ghattas †

Deceased

Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1909		Born
7 Feb 1932	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
21 Jun 1949	40.0	Appointed	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
2 Oct 1949	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
16 Oct 1949	40.3	Installed	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
Dec 1963³	54.4	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
8 May 1967	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
14 Jun 1967	57.9	Installed	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt
8 Jun 1977	67.9	Died	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Isaac Ghattas
Archbishop Isaac Ghattas
(born 20 Jun 1909, died 8 Jun 1977)
Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh}

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
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Event Place
Birth Place Nazlet Ghattas, Eparchy of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic)
Ordained Bishop Héliopolis

a priest for 45.3 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Marco II Khouzam †
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexandros Scandar †
Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Bishop Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Sais

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Marco II Khouzam † (1926)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Archbishop Andrea Cassulo † (1914)
Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica
Archbishop Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † (1893)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paul Nousseir † (1950)
Bishop Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. † (1956)
Stéphanos II (Andraos) Cardinal Ghattas, C.M. † (1967)
Bishop Athanasios Abadir † (1976)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nazlet Ghattas, Eparchy of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic)
Ordained Bishop	Héliopolis

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64708021

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 85
bpd/opd/i: CB, 7 Jun 2026

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