Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour), B.S. †

Deceased

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Oct 1823		Born
11 Jun 1854	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)
13 Nov 1856	33.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Akka (Melkite Greek), Israel
1 Oct 1864	40.9	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
1 Oct 1864	40.9	Selected	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
27 Mar 1865	41.4	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria
27 Mar 1865	41.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Damas (Melkite Greek), Syria
13 Jul 1897	73.7	Died	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), Syria

MicroData Summary
Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour)
Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour) B.S.
(born 27 Oct 1823, died 13 Jul 1897)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Rosette, Egypt
Ordained Priest Sant`Atanasio, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Clément Michael Bahous, B.S. †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Agapio Dumani, B.S. † (1864)
Bishop Basilio Nasser † (1869)
Archbishop Basilio Haggiar, B.S. † (1871)
Archbishop Melezio (Mélèce) Fakkak † (1876)
Bishop Basilios Moussaye (Moussaddyeh) † (1880)
Bishop Ignazio Malluk † (1881)
Patriarch Cyrille VIII Geha † (1885)
Patriarch Peter IV Géraigiry † (1886)
Archbishop Germanos (Ignace) Mouakkad (Mouaqqad) † (1886)
Archbishop Eutimio Zulhof, B.S. † (1886)
Bishop Athanase Sabbagh † (1894)
Bishop Agapitos Malouf, B.C. † (1896)
Bishop Joseph Dumáni, B.S. † (1897)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paolo Hatem † (1863)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rosette, Egypt
Ordained Priest	Sant`Atanasio, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3776556

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
c2: CB
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 108
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1856, Number 46
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 249, Ascendance
qbs0: CB, 16 May 2026

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