Abraham Nehmé
Abraham Nehmé BC , also Ibrahim Naameh (born October 8, 1927 in Kaïtouly , Syria ) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Homs in Syria.
Life
Abraham Nehmé was ordained a religious priest of the Basilians of Saint John the Baptist on January 3, 1954 . The Episcopal Conference of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church appointed him on August 20, 1986 to succeed Denys Gaith as Archbishop of Homs. The Patriarch of Antioch , Archbishop Maximos V. Hakim consecrated him on October 26, 1986 as bishop . As co-consecrators the archbishops assisted Habib Bacha SMSP and André Haddad BS . During his tenure, Nehmé was co-consecrator of the Archbishops Antoine Hayek BC, Georges El-Murr BC and Bishop Abdo Arbach BC. In 2006 Archbishop Nehmé was retired after the age regulation , his successor was Isidore Battikha .
About married priests
In an interview in 2001, Nehmé stated that “the priests in his diocese had an average of four to nine children and were therefore no less zealous in their missionary and apostolic work than their unmarried confreres”. In a further train of thought he raises the question of whether “the success with the married Catholic priests in the Orient could not also inspire the West?” And he also gives an answer to this question: “But this development will not advance rapidly, perhaps it will have to we are waiting for a third Vatican council. "
Web links
- Apostolic Succession Appointments 1986
- Apostolic Succession - Asia 2
- Archeparchy of Homes, Hammas and Yabroud ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on Abraham Nehmé on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Père Elias Louis, Catholic pastor and father of a family in Kfar Bohom, Syria . kath.ch. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Take, Abraham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Naameh, Ibrahim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian Archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaïtouly , Syria |