Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1944		Born
12 Sep 1971	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
6 Nov 1995	50.9	Appointed	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA
7 Jan 1996	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA
20 Jan 2009	64.1	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
20 Jan 2009	64.1	Selected	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
22 Jan 2009	64.1	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
22 Jan 2009	64.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon
15 Feb 2009	64.2	Installed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

MicroData Summary
Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan
Patriarch Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan
(born 15 Nov 1944)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hassaké
Ordained Priest Our Lady of the Assumption, Cathedral, Hassaké, Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
Ordained Bishop Saints Pierre et Paul, Church, Kamichlié

Please contact the Patriarch through the Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Jacques Michel Djarwé †
Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †
Archbishop of Damas (Syrian)
Archbishop Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash (2010)
Archbishop Youhanna Boutros Moshe (2011)
Archbishop Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (2011)
Archbishop Youhanna Jihad Mtanos Battah (2011)
Bishop Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni (2011)
Bishop Paul Antoine Nassif (2016)
Archbishop Théophile Philippe Barakat † (2016)
Bishop Matthias Charles Georges Mrad (2018)
Archbishop Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan (2019)
Bishop Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (2020)
Bishop Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan (2020)
Bishop Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar (2020)
Archbishop Yaqoub Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami (2022)
Bishop Ephrem Elie Joseph Warde (2022)
Bishop Isaac Jules Peter Georges Boutros (2022)
Archbishop Younan (Benedict Qusay Mubarak Abdullah) Hano (2023)
Archbishop Julian Yacoub Murad (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda (2001)
Bishop Grégoire Pierre Melki (2002)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 263151246540144131893
WikiData: Q559498

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,656
c1: CB, 12 Sep 2020
op.loc: CB, 2 Nov 2022

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