Anthony Farage (28 December 1885 in

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– 9 November 1963), also Anthony Faraj, was titular archbishop and Patriarchal vicar of the Patriarchal vicariate of Egypt and Sudan.

Life

Anthony Farage was ordained to the priesthood on 20 July 1908. On 1 January 1922 he was appointed and consecrated bishop on the same day. His consecrator was the Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop

Demetrius I Qadi Demetrius I Qadi (or ''Dimitros I Cadi'') (January 18, 1861, Damascus, Syria – October 25, 1925) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925. Life Jose ...

. On 11 December 1922 Farage was named titular bishop of Laodicea in Syria of the Greek Melkites and confirmed as Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria. From 1 January 1922 until his death on 9 November 1963 he was procurator in Antioch. In addition to office he was 1922-1928 Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria and was the successor of

Etienne Soukkarie Etienne Soukkarie, even Stephen Sukkariyeh or Etienne Soukharyé (born on 17 October 1868 in Damascus, Syria - died on 25 November 1921) was Patriarchal Vicar of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan. Life Etienne Soukkarie in 1891 was ord ...

, his successor to the patriarchal vicar was Dionysius Kfoury. On 7 March 1961 he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Damietta dei Greco-Melkiti.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfara.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/alex1.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Farage, Anthony 1885 births 1963 deaths Melkite Greek Catholic bishops Syrian Melkite Greek Catholics People from Damascus 20th-century Syrian people 20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops 19th-century Syrian people