Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A.

Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)

Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1938		Born
2 Feb 1966	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)
12 Oct 1995	57.1	Appointed	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
12 Oct 1995	57.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
21 Dec 1995	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
14 Jan 1996	57.4	Installed	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
2019¹	80.4	Retired	Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty
Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty B.A.
(born 1 Aug 1938)
Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Venezuela

Ad Limina - June 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Alep

Please contact the Bishop through the Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Melkite Greek).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, B.A. †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina dei Greco-Melkiti
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elias Nijmé, B.A. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Jean Mansour, S.M.S.P. †
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim † (1943)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril IX Mogabgab † (1899)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Peter IV Géraigiry † (1886)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour) † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Michael Bahous † (1836)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum † (1810)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Agapios III Matar, B.S. † (1795)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) † (1763)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Euthyme Fadel (Maalouly) † (1724)
Bishop of Fourzol (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Néophytos Nasri † (1722)
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Athanasius Dabbas † (1685)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Leonce †
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nicolas Antiba, B.A. (2013)
Bishop Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. (2020)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1508965

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,636
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
c1/i: CB, 19 Jul 2017

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