Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (

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: غالب موسى عبد الله بدر; born 22 July 1951) is a Jordanian prelate of the

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who served as the

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to the

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and apostolic delegate to

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. He was Archbishop of Algiers from 2008 to 2015.

Biography

Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader was born in Al Khirbeh, Jordan, on 22 July 1951. He entered the minor seminary of

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on 4 September 1963. Bader was ordained a priest by Neemah Simaan, Auxiliary Bishop of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

and Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan, on 13 June 1975 in Jabal al-Luweibdeh, Amman. His first assignment was as parish priest of Christ the King parish in Al-Misdar in central Amman. In August 1979 Bader became secretary to the Patriarch of Jerusalem and professor at the seminary of Beit Jala. Bader earned a doctorate in civil law from

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in 1979 and then attended the

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in Rome where he earned a doctorate degree in philosophy in 1985 and a doctorate in church and civil law in 1986. He is the author of several books and speaks seven languages. From 1981 to 1986 Bader participated in the Arabic translation of the 1983 Code of

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. From 1996 to 2001 Bader worked as an advisor to the

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. On 24 May 2008,

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appointed Bader Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers. He was the first Arab Catholic priest to hold that office, previously held by Frenchmen. Bader received his episcopal consecration on 17 July 2008 from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

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, with co-consecrators Patriarch Emeritus

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and Archbishop

Henri Teissier Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (21 July 1929 – 1 December 2020)

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appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan on 23 May 2015. He was the first native of Jordan to hold the rank of papal nuncio. Bader was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic and Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico on 24 August 2017. On 15 February 2023, Pope Francis accepted his resignation.

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Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
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