Bishop Youssef Najm (Naim) †

Deceased

Patriarchal Vicar

Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1852²		Born
1871²	19.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Dec 1889	37.9	Appointed	Patriarchal Vicar
14 Dec 1889	37.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
14 Dec 1889	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Youssef Najm (Naim)
Bishop Youssef Najm (Naim)
(born 1852)
Patriarchal Vicar

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Church, Bkerké

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Yuhanna Boutros El-Hajj †
Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite)
Archbishop Youssef Debs †
Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite)
Archbishop Booutros Bostani †
Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite)
Archbishop Youssef Zoghbe †
Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
Bishop Stefanos Awad (Evodio) †
Bishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) † (1841)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youssef Boutros Hobaish (Habaisci) † (1820)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou (Dolce) † (1786)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Bl. Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Youssef Darian † (1896)
Archbishop Youssef Debs (Diab) † (1896)
Bishop Boulos Abboud Basbous † (1900)
Bishop Abdallah Khoury † (1911)
Archbishop Joseph Sakr † (1911)

Source(s):

b/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Number 20,800
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 269, Number 21,986

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