Salim Sayegh (born 15 March 1935 in Rumaimin,

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

) is a Jordanian Catholic prelate who served as a patriarchal vicar for Jordan in the

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from 1981 to 2012.

Career

Salim Sayegh received on 28 June 1959 his ordination to priesthood. He was named by

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in 1981

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of Aquae in Proconsulari and appointed an auxiliary in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. His episcopal ordination occurred on January 6, 1982 by Pope John Paul II, with the co-consecrators being the Archbishop

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and the Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia

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. As auxiliary bishop in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Sayegh was also Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan with his see being in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

. In 2012, Sayegh retired as bishop at the mandatory age of 75.

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsayegh.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayegh, Salim 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Jordan 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Jordan 1935 births Living people