Joseph Dergham
Joseph Dergham[1] (born on 23 April 1930 in Ebrine, Lebanon - died on 28 October 2015) was a Lebanese Maronite Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo.[2]
Life
Joseph Dergham was born in Ebrine, Lebanon. He received his priestly ordination on 12 April 1959.
On 5 April 1989
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir; his co-consecrators were Joseph Merhi, Eparch of Cairo and Georges Abi-Saber, Titular bishop of Aradus. Dergham resigned on 18 September 2005 by limite of age and his renounce was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI
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Dergham died on October 28, 2015.
References
- ^ "Diocese of Cairo, Egypt (Maronite Rite)". gcatholic.org.
- ^ Mgr Mounir KHAIRALLAH. "Décès d'un grand réformateur, Mgr Joseph Dergham". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French).
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