Nicolas Cadi (born on 29 June 1861 in Damascus, Syria - died in 1941) was Archbishop of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran (in Latin: Archeparchy Bostrena et Auranensis) is an archeparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church with its territory located in Syria. It is currently governed by Archeparch Nicolas Antib ...

in Syria.

Life

Nicolas Cadi was ordained priest on 21 November 1884. He was appointed on 10 February 1889 successor of

Basil Haggiar Basilio Haggiar, BS (born on 6 January 1839 in Gezzin, Syria - died in 1919) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria and Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon. Life Basil Haggiar w ...

as Archbishop of

Bosra Bosra ( ar, بُصْرَىٰ, Buṣrā), also spelled Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra and officially called Busra al-Sham ( ar, بُصْرَىٰ ٱلشَّام, Buṣrā al-Shām), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Dara ...

and Hauran and consecrated a bishop on the same day. On 16 November 1939 Cadi resigned and became Professor Emeritus at the same time appointed

Titular Archbishop 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 Mocissus. Until his death in 1941 he was Archbishop Emeritus, and was co-consecrator of Archbishop Etienne Soukkarie. He was succeeded by Archbishop

Pierre Chami Pierre Chami, SMSP (17 December 1890 in Joun in Sidon, Lebanon - 19 August 1967) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria. Life Pierre Chami was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1922, and beca ...

SMSP after his death in 1941.

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcadin.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Cadi, Nicolas 1861 births 1941 deaths Melkite Greek Catholic bishops Syrian archbishops Eastern Catholic bishops in Syria