Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1930		Born
17 Oct 1954	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Aug 1979	49.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
25 Aug 1979	49.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dara dei Siri
8 Dec 1979	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dara dei Siri
15 Jul 1983	53.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
26 Jun 2010	80.0	Retired	Archbishop of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq
19 Mar 2025	94.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Syrian), Iraq

MicroData Summary
Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka
Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka
(born 20 Jun 1930, died 19 Mar 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Baghdad

Event Place
Birth Place Bartelli, Archeparchy of Mossul (Syrian)
Ordained Bishop Ste Marie des Syriens, Cathedral, Baghdad, Archeparchy of Baghdad (Syrian)
Death Place Beirut, Eparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon

a priest for 70.4 years
a bishop for 45.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †
Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian)
Archbishop Joseph Jacob Abiad †
Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Nabk) (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek † (1959)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Cardinal Tappouni † (1913)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Denis Ephrem Rahmani (Rahamani) † (1887)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace George Chelhot (Scelhot) † (1862)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Patriarch Ignace Antoine (Jules) Samhiri † (1826)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
[Jacobite Patriarch Georges Sayar]
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (1999)
Bishop Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash (2010)
Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe (2011)
Archbishop Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (2011)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bartelli, Archeparchy of Mossul (Syrian)
Ordained Bishop	Ste Marie des Syriens, Cathedral, Baghdad, Archeparchy of Baghdad (Syrian)
Death Place	Beirut, Eparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q754750

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 1 Mar 2011
r: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2012, Page 71
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,322
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Number 5,670
d: CB, 21 Mar 2025

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