Demetrios I. Kadi

Demetrios I. Kadi , also Dimitrios I. (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi), (born January 18, 1861 in Damascus , Syria ; † October 25, 1925 ) was Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 to 1925 .

Church career

Demetrios was appointed Archbishop of Aleppo in Syria on October 27, 1903 . Patriarch Kyrillos VIII. Geha consecrated him on November 29, 1903 as bishop . This was followed on April 6, 1919, the appointment as Patriarch of Antioch , which was confirmed on July 3, 1919. After three years of vacancy , he became the successor of Kyrillos VIII Geha. In his short term of office, which was supported by the political events and the League of Nations mandate for Syria and Lebanon by France, he began with internal church reforms . He prepared the establishment of committees that should be given a say according to canon law . Like his predecessors, he was the spiritual protector and sponsor of the Order of Lazarus .

Consecrator

During his patriarchy he was consecrator of Maximos Sayegh to the archbishop of Tire , who would later become his successor as Maximos IV Cardinal Sayegh . He also consecrated Etienne Soukkarie as titular archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti and patriarchal vicar of Alexandria in Egypt ; Basilio Khouri as Archbishop of Homs in Syria; Basilio Cattan as Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil in Lebanon ; Antonio Farage as Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Melchiti and Patriarchal Procurator in Antioch; Melezio Abou-Assaleh Bishop of Baalbek in Lebanon and Joseph Kallas (Tripoli) Bishop of Tripoli in Lebanon.

Web links

• Entry on Demetrios I. Kadi on catholic-hierarchy.org
• The Melkite Greek Catholic Church

predecessor	Office	successor
Kyrillos VIII. Geha	Patriarch of Antioch 1919–1925	Cyril IX Moghabghab