Antoine Nassif
Paul Antoine Nassif (born February 21, 1969 in Beirut , Lebanon ) is the Syrian Catholic Exarch of Canada .
Life
Antoine Nassif received on 26 July 1992 the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch , Ignatius Antoine II. Hayek , the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On January 7, 2016 it appointed Pope Francis to the titular bishop of Serigene and ordered him the first Syrian Catholic Exarch of Canada. The Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Joseph III. Younan , ordained him episcopally on January 23 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were the curial archbishop emeritus in the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni , and the bishop of the eparchy Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark , Yousif Benham Habash .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione dell'Esarcato Apostolico per i fedeli Siro cattolici residenti nel Canada (USA) e nomina del primo Esarca Apostolico. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 7, 2016, accessed January 7, 2016 (Italian).
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| SURNAME | Nassif, Antoine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nassif, Paul Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese clergyman, Syrian Catholic Exarch of Canada |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beirut , Lebanon |