Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki

Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine

Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1939		Born
8 Aug 1965	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
25 Feb 2002	62.2	Appointed	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine
25 Feb 2002	62.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri
18 May 2002	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Batnae dei Siri
20 Nov 2019	79.9	Retired	Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian), Palestine

MicroData Summary
Grégoire Pierre Melki
Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki
(born 12 Dec 1939)
Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan)

Event Place
Birth Place Hassaké
Ordained Bishop Annonciation, Cathedral, Beirut, Eparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon

Please contact the Bishop through the Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Palestine and Jordan) (Syrian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Flavien Zacharie Melki †
Titular Archbishop of Amida dei Siri
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan
Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian)
Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Ignace Pierre VIII (Grégoire) Abdel-Ahad † (1997)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
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 Ignatius George V Sayar] †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1551540

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Number 14,186
2b34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Additions/Corrections (front)
opd/c1: CB, 11 Jan 2016
r: Bollettino, 28 Mar 2020
opd: CB, 23 Apr 2026

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