Alexander III Tahan

Life

Born

9 May 1869

Monastic tonsure

12 May 1886

Ordained deacon

February 1894

Ordained priest

20 April 1900

Made archimandrite

April 1902/1903

Consecrated bishop

21 January 1905

Made metropolitan

21 January 1905

Became patriarch

31 January 1931

Died

5 July 1958

Sees

1. 21 January 1905 – 21 January 1908

   Metropolitan of Tarsus and Adana

   Patriarchate of Antioch

2. 21 January 1908 – 31 January 1931

   Metropolitan of Tripoli

   Patriarchate of Antioch

3. 31 January 1931 – 5 July 1958

   Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

   Patriarchate of Antioch

Consecration

Consecrated 21 January 1905. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 10 October 1912Raphael Nimer Metropolitan of Aleppo, d. 1949
• 13 February 1955Basil Samaha Metropolitan of Bostra, 1920–2002