Youssef Absi
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Elected | June 21, 2017 |
Predecessor | Gregory III Laham |
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Ordination | May 6, 1973 by Maximos V Hakim |
Consecration | September 2, 2001 by Gregory III Laham |
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Born | Youssef Absi June 20, 1946 |
Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
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Alma mater | St. Paul Seminary, Harissa; Lebanese University; Holy Spirit University of Kaslik |
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Youssef Absi
Ecclesiastical career
On May 6, 1973, Youssef Absi was ordained a priest and became chaplain of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (Italian:
On June 22, 2001, he was appointed titular archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti and curial bishop and auxiliary bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate. Patriarch Gregory III Laham was his consecrator, and the co-consecrators were Archbishop Jean Mansour, titular archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti, and Archbishop Joseph Kallas, Archeparch of Beirut and Byblos, on September 2, 2001.[5]
From 1999 to 2006, he was
He was elected on June 21, 2017, as the patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. His election came a month after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Gregory III Laham.[2]
Other activities
In 2001, he became president of the Caritas Syria (Commission Commune de Bienfaisance (CCB))[6] and forwards with three full-time members more than 40 projects in Damascus, Aleppo and Hassake. He composed for the singer Marie Keyrouz "L'Ensemble de la Paix", a hymn that was released on the album Cantiques de l'Orient.[7]
On the Middle East
As a participant in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Middle East in October 2010, he gave an address in which he insisted that: "The Episcopal Conferences of each country should meet from time to time together. You should allow bi-ritualism, so that no parish remains without divine liturgy, no matter what church it belongs to."[8]
Gallery
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Pictured during a liturgy
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With Péter Fülöp Kocsis in June 2017
See also
References
- ^ a b Società dei Missionari di San Paolo – Missionary Society of St. Paul (Melkite Greek); see catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b "Joseph Absi elected patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church". The Daily Star (Lebanon). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Melkite Catholic Church elects new patriarch www.catholicregister.org.
- ^ Sala Stampa della Santa Sede - Bollettino 14.07.2001
- ^ Bishop Joseph Absi Elected Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch
- ^ caritas.org
- ^ amazon.com
- ^ vaticanhistory.de Quote translated from German.