Archbishop Joseph-Marie Raya †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel

Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1916		Born
20 Jul 1941	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Sep 1968	52.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
20 Oct 1968	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
21 Aug 1974	58.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel
21 Aug 1974	58.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis
10 Jun 2005	88.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide] (Melkite Greek), Israel

MicroData Summary
Joseph-Marie Raya
Archbishop Joseph-Marie Raya
(born 15 Aug 1916, died 10 Jun 2005)
Archbishop Emeritus of Akka [San Giovanni d’Acri; Tolemaide]

Event Place
Birth Place Zahleh
Ordained Priest Jerusalem
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Church, Birmingham, AL, Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA

a priest for 63.8 years
a bishop for 36.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paul Salman †
Archbishop of Petra e Filadelfia (Melkite Greek)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Maximos V (George) Hakim †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Achkar †
Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Stephen John Kocisko †
Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania

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), B.S. † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Michael Bahous, B.S. † (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), B.S. † (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 Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, S.M.S.P. † (1983)
Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P. (1988)
Archbishop Antoine Hayek, B.C. † (1990)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 28580437
WikiData: Q1436560

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 250
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 74, Additions/Corrections (back)

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