Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey †

Deceased

Protosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine

Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jun 1941		Born
5 May 1967	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
22 Jun 2001	60.0	Appointed	Protosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
22 Jun 2001	60.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti
9 Nov 2001	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti
4 Jun 2008	66.9	Appointed	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
5 Feb 2018	76.6	Resigned	Protosyncellus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine
8 Jul 2026	85.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek), Palestine

MicroData Summary
Joseph Jules Zerey
Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey
(born 9 Jun 1941, died 8 Jul 2026)
Protosyncellus Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}

Event Place
Birth Place Alessandria d'Egitto
Ordained Bishop Résurrection, Cathedral, Cairo, Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
Death Place Jerusalem, Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} (Melkite Greek)

a priest for 59.1 years
a bishop for 24.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Elias Zoghbi †
Titular Archbishop of Nubia
Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S.
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elias Zoghbi †
Archbishop Emeritus of Baalbek (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Paul Antaki †
Titular Archbishop of Nubia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Grégoire III (Loutfi) Laham, B.S. (1981)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
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 Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado (2006)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1289476

Source(s):

ab: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 165, Number 14,072
opd/c1: CB, 12 Jul 2017
r: CB, 10 Feb 2018
d: CB, 8 Jul 2026

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