Joseph Salamé (25 December 1914 – 29 March 2004) was a Lebanese apostolic administrator of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia The Eparchy of Latakia or Latakia of the Maronites (in Latin: Eparchia Laodicenus Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Syria. , there were 35,000 members. The current eparch is Antoine Ch ...

and Archeparch of the

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo The Archeparchy of Aleppo of the Maronites (in Latin: Archeparchy Aleppensis Maronitarum) is a seat of the Maronite Church. The archeparchy's current ordinary is Archeparch Joseph Tobji. Territory and statistics The archeparchy includes the ci ...

Life

Salamé was born on 25 December 1914 in

Antelias Antelias () is a city in Lebanon in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. It is located around 5 km to the north of Beirut. Etymology The name is originally Greek, ἀντήλιος – from ἀντί(anti) "contra" and ἥλ� ...

, Lebanon, the son of Baz Salamé and Jamilé Salamé. He was ordained as a priest on 10 March 1940. On 15 March 1967, he was appointed Archbishop of the

and his consecration took place on 14 May 1967 by the hands of the Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch,

Paul Peter Meouchi Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi (born April 1, 1894, Jezzine, Lebanon – died on January 11, 1975, Bkerké, Lebanon), (or ''Boulos Boutros el-Meouchi'', ''Meoushi'', ) was the 74th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1955 until his death in 1975 ...

, and his co-consecrators were

Elie Farah Elie Farah (27 December 1909 in Kafar Berhem, Lebanon – 22 July 2003) was Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus from 1954 to 1986. Life Elie Farah received on April 9, 1935 the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood. ...

, Archbishop of the

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus The Archeparchy of Cyprus (Latin: ''Archeparchy Cyprensis Maronitarum'') is a seat of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See. It is currently ruled by Archeparch Selim Jean Sfeir. Territory and statistics The archeparchy exten ...

and Joseph Khoury, Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. From 24 September 1967 to 4 August 1977 Salamé was also the apostolic administrator of the Laodicea of the Maronites.Gcatholic
/ref> On 9 June 1990, in connection with retirement, Salamé resigned from the government of the

and was succeeded by Pierre Calaos. On 29 March 2004, Joseph Salamé died at the age of 89.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsalame.html 1914 births 2004 deaths Maronite Catholic archbishops Lebanese Maronites 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops {{Maronite-bishop-stub