Michel Yatim (4 December 1920 - 16 September 2006) was Archbishop of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia (in Latin: Archeparchy Laodicena Graecorum Melkitarum) is an eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church immediately subject to the Holy See. In 2009 there were 14,500 baptized. It is currently govern ...
in Syria.
Life
Michel Yatim was born on December 4, 1920, in
Aleppo
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On July 20, 1946, Michel Yatim became an ordained priest. His appointment as Archbishop of Latakia and successor of Archbishop
Paul Achkar
Paul Achkar (3 February 1893 in Damascus, Syria - 23 April 1982) was the first Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia in Lebanon.
Life
Paul Achkar was on August 15, 1921, ordained priest. He was appointed Archbishop of L ...
was received on 18 August 1981. The Patriarch of Antioch
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 i ...
was his consecrator and his co-consecrators were Archbishop
Néophytos Edelby Néophytos Edelby (born on 10 November 1920 in Aleppo, Syria - died on 10 June 1995) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
Life
Elias (baptismal name) was the eldest of six children ...
of Aleppo and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch
François Abou Mokh 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, ...
on 23 October 1981.
On July 18, 1995, Michel Yakim retired of his duties as Archeparch and took over until his death on September 16, 2006, the Office of the Archbishop Emeritues of Latakia. He was the consecrator of the eparch
Fares Maakaroun
Fares Maakaroun, (born 12 October 1940 in Rayak (Riyaq), Lebanon) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo in Brazil from 1999 to 2014, when presented his apostolic resignation.
Career
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See also
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Catholic Church in Syria
The Catholic Church in Syria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are 368,000 Catholics in Syria (and its refugee diaspora), approximately 2% of the total population. The Catholics of ...
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/byatim.html
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1920 births
2006 deaths
Syrian archbishops
Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
Eastern Catholic bishops in Syria