Patriarch Kyrillos Georges Macaire †

Deceased

Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1867		Born
Jun 1891³	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Mar 1895	28.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
15 Mar 1895	28.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Philippi
17 Apr 1895	28.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Philippi
19 Jun 1899	32.3	Appointed	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
30 May 1908	41.2	Resigned	Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
18 May 1921	54.2	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Kyrillos Georges Macaire
Patriarch Kyrillos Georges Macaire
(born 19 Feb 1867, died 18 May 1921)
Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria}

Event Place
Birth Place Scenaineh
Ordained Priest Beirut
Ordained Bishop Cairo
Death Place Beirut
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Cairo, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Buried Place (Current) Our Lady of Egypt, Cathedral, Nasr City, Cairo, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)

a priest for 29.9 years
a bishop for 26.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. †
Titular Archbishop of Cabasa
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs. †
Titular Archbishop of Pelusium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Théophile Antoine Kandelaft (Qandalift) †
Titular Bishop of Tripoli del Libano dei Siri
Bishop Barnabé Akscheislian †
Bishop of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs. † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Pelusium
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignatius Paulos Gladès Berzi (Barzi) † (1896)
Bishop Maximos Joseph Sedfaoui † (1896)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Scenaineh
Ordained Priest	Beirut
Ordained Bishop	Cairo
Death Place	Beirut
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Cairo, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Buried Place (Current)	Our Lady of Egypt, Cathedral, Nasr City, Cairo, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/64607
Vatican Library: 495/82031
VIAF: 15766364
WikiData: Q3817719

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 87, and Page 167
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 45
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1895, Number 22
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Number 8,178
op/c1/loc: CB, 29 Aug 2026

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