Demetrius I Qadi
Demetrius I Qadi | |
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Cyril VIII Jaha | |
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| Born | January 18, 1861 ) |
| Died | 25 October 1925 (aged 64) |
Demetrius I Qadi (or Dimitros I Cadi) (January 18, 1861,
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.[1]
Life
Joseph Qadi was born in
Cyril VIII Jaha
in 1916.
During his brief reign the Melkite Church experienced a rapid expansion in the Near East as situations for the Greek Catholics improved during the period of the
French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. Demetrius also began radical reforms in the Melkite Church,[3][4] including preparations for Melkite councils to address canonical matters. However, Demetrius did not live to participate in these councils, and died on October 25, 1925. He was succeeded upon his death by Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab
.
Consecrator of Melkite Eparchs
During his patriarchate he was consecrator of some Melkite eparchs:
- Maximos IV Sayegh, Archeparch of Tyre
- Etienne Soukkarie, Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti and Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria in Egypt
- Basil Khoury, Archeparch of Homs
- Basil Cattan, Archeparch of Beirut and Byblos
- Anthony Farage, Titular bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Melchiti and Patriarchal Procurator in Antioch
- Meletius Abou-Assaleh, Eparch of Baalbek in Lebanon
- Joseph Kallas,[5] Eparch of Tripoli in Lebanon
Distinctions
See also
- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Notes
- ^ Dick, Iganatios (2004). Melkites: Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholics of the Patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusale. Sophia Press. p. 39.
- ^ "Patriarch Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Descy, Serge (1993). The Melkite Church. Boston: Sophia Press. p. 68.
- ^ Gatti; Karalevsky (1942). I riti e le Chiese Orientali. Vol. 1. Genoa. pp. 449–450.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Bishop Joseph Kallas [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
External links
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcadi.html
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/anti2.htm
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