Archbishop Joseph Salamé †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Dec 1914		Born
10 Mar 1940	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Mar 1967	52.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
14 May 1967	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
24 Sep 1967	52.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria
4 Aug 1977	62.6	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Laodicea (Maronite), Syria
9 Jun 1990	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria
29 Mar 2004	89.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria

MicroData Summary
Joseph Salamé
Archbishop Joseph Salamé
(born 25 Dec 1914, died 29 Mar 2004)
Archbishop Emeritus of Alep [Beroea, Halab]

Event Place
Birth Place Antélias

a priest for 64.0 years
a bishop for 36.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elie Farah †
Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)
Archbishop Joseph Khoury †
Archbishop of Tyr (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi † (1934)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pierre Arida † (1908)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Blessed Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
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)

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Youssef Massoud Massoud † (1970)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. † (1970)
Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. † (1977)
Bishop Georges Scandar † (1977)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11728473

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)

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