Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

Note(s): (Visitator/US and Canada/Coptic)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1946		Born
10 Jun 1974	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
16 May 1990	43.6	Appointed	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
3 Jun 1990	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
3 Nov 2021	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
3 Nov 2021	75.0	Appointed	Patriarchal Administrator of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
30 Sep 2022	75.9	Appointed	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
13 Oct 2022	76.0	Ceased	Patriarchal Administrator of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt
11 May 2023	76.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt

MicroData Summary
Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan
Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan
(born 1 Oct 1946, died 11 May 2023)
Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis}

Ad Limina - February 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Shanaynah, Eparchy of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Ordained Bishop la Mère de l'Amour Divin, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Death Place Umberto I Italian, Hospital, Cario, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Buried Place (Original) la Mère de l'Amour Divin, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)

a priest for 48.9 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. †
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonios Naguib †
Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic)
Bishop Athanasios Abadir †
Bishop of Ismayliah (Coptic)
Bishop Morkos Hakim, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Sohag (Coptic)
Bishop Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J. †
Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Bishop Youhanna Kamal Golta †
Titular Bishop of Andropolis
Bishop Andraos Salama †
Titular Bishop of Barca
Bishop Youhanna Nueir, O.F.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Stéphanos II (Andraos) Ghattas, C.M. † (1967)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Stephanos I Cardinal Sidarouss, C.M. † (1948)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Patriarch Marco II Khouzam † (1926)
Patriarch of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Archbishop Andrea Cassulo † (1914)
Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica
Archbishop Alfonso Maria Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † (1893)
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Daniel Lotfy Khella (1996)
Bishop Emmanuel (Khaled Ayad) Bishay (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir † (1993)
Bishop Makarios Tewfik (1994)
Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak (Sidrak) (2002)
Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina (2003)
Bishop Youssef Aboul El Kher (2003)
Bishop Boutros Kamal Fahim Awad Hanna (2006)
Bishop Emmanuel (Khaled Ayad) Bishay (2016)
Bishop Toma Adly Zaki (2018)
Bishop Basilios Fawzy Al-Dabe (2019)
Bishop Hani Nassif Wasef Bakhoum Kiroulos (2019)
Bishop Daniel Lotfy Khella (2019)
Bishop Beshara (Bechara) Goda (Guida Matarana), O.F.M. (2020)
Bishop Thomas Halim Habib (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Shanaynah, Eparchy of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic)
Ordained Bishop	la Mère de l'Amour Divin, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)
Death Place	Umberto I Italian, Hospital, Cario, Eparchy of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic)
Buried Place (Original)	la Mère de l'Amour Divin, Cathedral, Assiut, Eparchy of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1402806

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127, Number 11,428
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: CB, 5 Nov 2021
ab: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2022
d: CB, 11 May 2023
c1/loc/padm: CB, 5 Jun 2026

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