Kamal-Hanna Bathish ( ar, كمال حنا بطحيش, he, כמאל-חנא בטחיש; born on 6 December 1931 in

Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of the

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ( la, Patriarchatus Latinus Hierosolymitanus) is the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical patriarchate in Jerusalem, officially seated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It was originally established in 1099, wit ...

from 1993 to 2007.

Life

Kamal-Hanna Bathish received in 1955 his ordination to the priesthood. In 1993 he was appointed a bishop by

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 ...

. Bathish was appointed

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Aurusuliana and appointed auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. He received his episcopal consecration on July 3, 1993, by the Patriarch of Jerusalem,

Michel Sabbah Michel Sabbah ( ar, ميشيل صباح; born 19 March 1933) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold the position in more than five centuries. Biography Sa ...

and were his co-consecrators

Salim Sayegh (Catholic bishop) Salim Sayegh (born 15 March 1935 in Rumaimin, Jordan) is a Jordanian Catholic prelate who served as a patriarchal vicar for Jordan in the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1981 to 2012. Career Salim Sayegh received on 28 June 1959 his ordination ...

and Guerino Dominique Picchi. On October 29, 1994, Kamal Hanna Bathish was appointed Titular Bishop of Ierichus. He continued to work in

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

as a bishop until his retirement on 9 June 2007.

External links

*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbathish.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Bathish, Kamal Hanna 1931 births Living people 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Israel 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Israel Arab citizens of Israel Israeli Arab Christians Palestinian Roman Catholic bishops People from Nazareth