Etienne Soukkarie
Etienne Soukkarie , also Stephen Sukkariyeh or Etienne Soukharyé (born October 17, 1868 in Damascus , Syria , † November 25, 1921 ) was Patriarchal Vicar of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Alexandria in Egypt .
Life
Etienne Soukkarie was ordained a priest in 1891 . On April 25, 1920 he was called to the Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria with simultaneous appointment as titular archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti . He succeeded Auxiliary Bishop Pierre-Macario Saba (1903-1919). The Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop Demetrios I. Kadi donated him episcopal ordination on the same day ; Archbishop Nicolas Cadi of Bosra and Hauran and Archbishop Maximos Sayegh of Tire worked as co-consecrators .
He was succeeded by Antonio Farage .
Web links
- Entry on Etienne Soukkarie on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- Apostolic Succession - Africa
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church (English) ( Memento of 19 April 2012 at the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Soukkarie, Etienne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sukkariyeh, Stephen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria (Egypt) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Damascus , Syria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1921 |