Bishop Melèce Abou Assaly (Assaleh) †

Deceased

Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1880		Born
1906²	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Jun 1922	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
5 Jun 1922	41.5	Selected	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
9 Jun 1922	41.5	Installed	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
11 Dec 1922	42.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
20 Jun 1937	56.6	Died	Bishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melèce Abou Assaly (Assaleh)
(WikiData: Q21547246)
Bishop Melèce Abou Assaly (Assaleh) (born 8 Nov 1880, died 20 Jun 1937) Bishop of Baalbek

Event Place
Birth Place Rasayya al-Wadi
Ordained Bishop Melkite, Cathedral, Beirut

a priest for 31.4 years
a bishop for 15.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicolas Cadi †
Archbishop of Bosra e Haūrān (Melkite Greek)
Archbishop Basile Khoury (Khouri) †
Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † (1903)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyrille VIII Geha † (1885)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour) † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Bahous † (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) † (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:
Bishop Dionysios Kfoury † (1926)

Source(s):

b: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1922, Number 31
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 42, Number 2,786

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