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Habib Bacha
Habib Bacha, SMSP (June 24, 1931 in Tyre, Lebanon – 23 November 1999) was Melkite Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos. Priests and promotion Habib Bacha received his priestly ordination on 29 June 1956 leading church offices. Previously, he was at the seminary of St. Paul in Jerusalem, where completed his studies in theology and philosophy. Bacha was appointed in 1975 Melkite Archbishop of Beirut and Byblos and continued his studies in Rome after episcopal ordination. He received his title of Doctor in Theology in Rome and at the same time he taught at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, where he was secretary for Islam. From 1968 to 1975 he was Superior General of the Congregation of the St. Paul. Archbishop On August 23, 1975 Habib Bacha was appointed Archbishop of Beirut and Byblos. The consecration took place on 14 September 1975, being his consecrator Archbishop Maximos V Hakim (Melkite Patriarch of the Patriarchate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy Of Beirut And Byblos
The Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos (in Latin: Archieparchia Berytensis et Gibailensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church since 1881, an Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Located in Lebanon, it includes the cities of Beirut and Byblos, and in terms of population, it is the largest Melkite eparchy in the Middle East. Its current Eparch, Georges Wadih Bacouni, S.M.S.P., was elected in November 2018. Territory and statistics The territory of the archeparchy includes Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and its environs; much of Mount Lebanon governorate (to the north Antelias, Jounieh, and Byblos; to the east Baabda, Broumana, and Bikfaya) and south to part of Chouf District. The archeparchy has an estimated population of 200,000 Melkite faithful in 2015. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Elias and its see is located in Beirut. It includes 114 priests, 83 men religious, 179 women religious, and 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximos V Hakim
Maximos V Hakim ( ar, ماكسيموس الخامس حكيم; May 18, 1908, in Tanta, Egypt – June 29, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon) was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1967 and served until 2000. He guided the church through turbulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere. Life He was born George Selim Hakim at Tanta, Egypt, May 18, 1908, to parents who were originally from Aleppo. He was educated locally and at Le Collège de la Sainte Famille (High School of the Holy Family) Jesuit school in Cairo. After completing his studies at St. Anne of Jerusalem, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of St. Anne by Maximos IV Sayegh, then Archbishop of Tyre, on July 20, 1930. As a young priest he taught for a year in the patriarchal school in Beirut before returning to Cairo in 1931. Episcopate He was appointed eparch on March 13, 1943 and consecrated Eparch of St. John of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Bassoul
Jean Bassoul, BS, also John Bassoul, (7 May 1920 in Maghdouché, Lebanon – 9 August 1977) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol. Ordination On 11 July 1943 Bassoul was ordained priest and was appointed Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian Salvatorian Order. Chaplain in the US In 1960 he became Archimandrite of the Melkite parish of Roslindale in Boston, Massachusetts. The parish is part of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton and is also the seat of the bishop of the Melkite Christians in the United States. In his short tenure as pastor he was instrumental in the planning for the construction of the "Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral" in Roslindale. After the consecration of a bishop in 1962, John Elya, BS, assumed the parish. Archbishop The appointment as Archbishop of Homs in Syria took place on December 5, 1961. On April 28, 1962, he was consecrated bishop in Boston by Cardinal Richard Cushing, the Roman Catholic Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Naaman
Nicolas Naaman, SMSP (June 22, 1911, Damascus, Syria – August 20, 1982) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria. Life Nicolas Naaman was ordained priest on August 15, 1937, and was a member of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul (SMSP). He received his appointment as Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran on 23 August 1967. Archbishop Mikhayl Assaf of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman(Jordan) consecrated him bishop on October 8, 1967, and his co-consecrators were Archbishop Paul Achkar and Archbishop Joseph Tawil. Naaman was by over 14 years Archbishop and co-consecrator of Habib Bacha, and was succeeded by Archbishop Boulos Nassif Borkhoche Boulos Nassif Borkhoche (born Paul Victor Borkhoche, SMSP (7 October 1932 – 4 February 2021) was an Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria. Life Boulos Nassif Borkhoche came from an old established .... Ceremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in April 2005, and was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II. He was elected pope by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted the name of his predecessor in tribute to him. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century and the second-longest-serving pope after Pius IX in modern history. John Paul II attempted to improve the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He maintained the church's previous positions on such matters as abortion, artificia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Bacouni
Georges Bacouni, also transliterated Bakhouni or Bakouny (born 16 May 1962 in Aïn el-Roummaneh/Beirut in Lebanon), is the Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos Biography Bacouni attended the Saint Paul Institute in Harissa, from where he obtained a license in philosophy and theology, and the Lebanese University, where he earned a degree in Business Administration and Accountancy. Bacouni was consecrated by Archbishop Habib Bacha, SMSP, of Beirut and Byblos on 30 July 1995 as diocesan priest. He subsequently held several positions at Bikfaya, Ballouneh, and Safra parish. In 1998, he was admitted to the clerical patriarchate management in Rabieh and served as general supervisor to the Beirut bishopric. He became a member of the mission committee and coordinator for the youth diocese committee. On 22 June 2005 he was elected to be the successor to Jean Assaad Haddad as Archbishop at the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre and after co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiridon Mattar
Spiridon Mattar (March 1, 1921 – July 26, 2014) was an Egyptian-born Brazilian Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo. Biography Mattar was born in Alexandria, Egypt from Lebanese parents, but grew up in Beirut and was ordained here as a priest on July 20, 1946. He studied theology and philosophy at the Seminary Saint Anne in Jerusalem. He was secretary in the Melkite bishopric in Beirut, Lebanon; Pastor of Our Lady of Providence; Superior of the Saint Basil School; Vicar General in Beirut; President of the Ecclesiastical Court – Patriarchal; Parish priest of Saint John Chrysostom (Chaplain). Mattar was appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo on June 22, 1978 and ordained bishop on July 20, 1978. Mattar resigned from the diocese on April 20, 1990. At the time of his death in 2014 he operated in the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais Boa Esperanç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Mansour
Jean Mansour, SMSP (born on 27 July 1928 in Baalbek, Lebanon - died on 17 November 2006) was Bishop and administrator in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch. Life Jean Mansour was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1952 and became Chaplain of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul, a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. On August 19, 1980 he received the appointment as auxiliary bishop and archbishop "pro hac vice" in Antioch with simultaneous appointment as Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of Greek Melkites. The episcopal ordination was on October 19, 1980 by Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Maximos V Hakim. As co-consecrators assisted the Archbishops Nicolas Hajj, SDS of Banyas and Habib Bacha, SMSP of Beirut and Byblos. Between 1980 and 1997 Mansour was auxiliary bishop, he took mainly administrative functions. He was from 1997 to 2002 Curial Bishop in the Patriarchate of Antioch and at times patriarchal administrator. His broader range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulos Nassif Borkhoche
Boulos Nassif Borkhoche (born Paul Victor Borkhoche, SMSP (7 October 1932 – 4 February 2021) was an Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria. Life Boulos Nassif Borkhoche came from an old established and wealthy family in Joun, Lebanon, France. He was ordained to the priesthood on 14 September 1960 as Chaplain of the Missionary Society of Saint Paul. On 14 June 1983, the Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church elected him as the successor to Archbishop Nicolas Naaman as Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran. The Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop Maximos V Hakim ordained him to the episcopate on 3 July 1983, together with the co-consecrators Archbishop Habib Bacha and Archbishop Joseph Raya. Borkhoche was in October 2010 a participant in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Middle East. He was co-consecrator of the Archbishop Nikolaki Sawaf. On 15 September 2011 Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Nehmé
Abraham Nehmé, BC or Ibrahim Naameh (8 October 1927 – 9 December 2022) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs in Syria. Life Nehmé was born in Kaïtouly, Lebanon on 8 October 1927. Nehmé was ordained to the priesthood on 3 January 1954 and became Chaplain of the Saint John the Baptist Basilians of St. John consecrated. The Bishops' Conference of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church appointed him on 20 August 1986 successor of Denys Gaith as Archbishop of Homs. The Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim ordained him bishop on 26 October 1986. As co-consecrators assisted the Patriarch Hakim the Archbishops Habib Bacha, SMSP and André Haddad, BS. During his tenure Nehmé was co-consecrator of the archbishops Antoine Hayek, BC, Georges El-Murr, BC and Bishop Jean-Abdo Arbach, BC. In 2006 Archbishop Nehmé after his retirement became emeritus archbishop, and was succeeded by Isidore Battikha Isidore Battikha (born July 28, 1950 in Aleppo, Syria) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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