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A Greek Melkite Episcopal Lineage

LOUTFI LAHAM, B.S., Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Greek Melkites and Greek Melkite Patriarchal Vicar at Jerusalem, the future Patriarch Gregorios III (2000- ).  Ordained bishop 27 November 1981 at Damascus, in the Greek Melkite Cathedral, by His Beatitude Maximos V Hakim, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, assisted by Saba Youakim, B.S., Greek Melkite Archbishop of Petra et Philadelphia, and François Abou Mokh, B.S., Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of the Greek Melkites.

GEORGES HAKIM, Greek Melkite Bishop of Akka, the future Patiarch Maximos V (1967 – 2000).  Ordained bishop 13 June 1943 at Cairo, in the Church of the Resurrection, by His Beatitude Cyril IX Mogabgab, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, assisted by Pierre Kamel Medawar, S.M.S.P., Titular Archbishop of Pelusium of the Greek Melkites, and Denys Kfoury, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek Melkites.

CYRIL MOGABGAB, Greek Melkite Bishop of Zahlé et Furzol, the future Patriarch Cyril IX (1925 – 1947).  Ordained bishop 28 May 1899 at Constantinople by His Beatitude Pierre IV Géraigiry, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, assisted by Nicolas Cadi, Greek Melkite Bishop of Bosra et Hauran, and Agapios Malouf, Greek Melkite Bishop of Baalbek.

PIERRE GÉRAIGIRY, Greek Melkite Bishop of Baniyas, the future Patriarch Pierre IV (1898 – 1902).  Ordained bishop 21 February 1886 at Damascus by His Beatitude Grégoire II Youssef, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, assisted by Grégoire Atta, Greek Melkite Archbishop of Homs, by Basilios Moussayé, Greek Melkite Bishop of Tripoli in Lebanon, by Macarios Haddad, Auxiliary Bishop and Syncellus of the Greek Melkite Patriarch, and Clément Daoud, Syrian Archbishop of Damascus.

GRÉGOIRE YOUSSEF, Greek Melkite Bishop of Akka, the future Patriarch Grégoire II (1864 – 1897).  Ordained bishop 13 November 1856 at Damascus by His Beatitude Clément Bahous, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem.

CLÉMENT BAHOUS, Greek Melkite Bishop of Akka, the future Patriarch Clément (1856 – 1864).  Ordained bishop 7 August 1836 by His Beatitude Maximos III Michel Mazloum, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, assisted by Ignace Karouth, Greek Melkite Archbishop of Tyr.

MAXIMOS MICHEL MAZLOUM, Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Greek Melkites, the future Patriarch Maximos III (1833 – 1855).  Ordained bishop 6 August 1810 at Mont Liban by His Beatitude Agapios III Matar, Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, assisted by Athanasios Matar, Greek Melkite Bishop of Saida, and Théo Habib, Greek Melkite Bishop of Akka.

AGAPIOS MATAR, Greek Melkite Bishop of Saida, the future Patriarch Agapios III (1796 – 1812).  Ordained bishop 10 July 1795 by His Beatitude Cyril VII François Siaj, Greek Melkite Patiarch of Antioch.

FRANÇOIS SIAJ, Greek Melkite Bishop of Bosra et Hauran, the future Patriarch Cyril VII (1795 – 1796).  Ordained bishop shortly after 23 December 1763 in the Monastery Saint-Sauveur by Euthyme Fadel, Greek Melkite Bishop of Furzol, assisted by Ignace Halabi, Greek Melkite Archbishop of Homs.

EUTHYME FADEL, Greek Melkite Bishop of Furzol.  Ordained bishop 14 September 1724 by Néophytos Nasri, Greek Melkite Bishop of Saidnaya, assisted by Basile Finan, Greek Melkite Bishop of Baias.

NÉOPHYTOS NASRI, Greek Melkite Bishop of Saidnaya.  Ordained bishop in 1722 by His Beatitude Athanasios III Dabbas, Patriarch of Antioch.

ATHANASIOS III DABBAS, Patriarch of Antioch (1685 – 1724).  Ordained bishop 7 May 1685 by Léonce, Bishop of Saidnaya.


LÉONCE, Bishop of Saidnaya. Ordained bishop in 1671 by His Beatitude Macarios III Za’im, Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.