François Abou Mokh, BS (born on 1 July 1921 in Ma'loula, Syria - died on 11 August 2006) was a Curial Bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch in Syria.

Ecclesiastical biography

François Abou Mokh was ordained to the priesthood on July 12, 1946 and became Chaplain of the Melkite Basilica of the Most Holy Redeemer. From 1972 to 1978 he worked as procurator of the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch in Rome. With simultaneous appointment as Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of Greek Melkites he was on February 7, 1978 appointed bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch. The Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop

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Works

* François Abou Mokh, Les Confessions d'un Arabe catholique, Centurion, 1991, (in French), .

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/baboumokh.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Abou Mokh, Francois 1921 births 2006 deaths Melkite Greek Catholic bishops Syrian bishops Syrian Melkite Greek Catholics People from Rif Dimashq Governorate 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops