Georges Haddad
Georges Haddad (born March 14, 1924 in Beit Chabad in Lebanon , † December 31, 1985 ) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Church of Tire in Lebanon.
priest
He was ordained a priest on June 26, 1948 . During his priesthood, Haddad was the first archimandrite of the Melkite Church in Brazil , where he was co-founder of a parish in Rio de Janeiro , which was later attached to the ordinariate for the Byzantine believers in Brazil .
archbishop
With his appointment as Archbishop of Tire, he succeeded Archbishop Agapios Salomon Naoum . The Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop Maximos IV Sayegh donated him episcopal ordination on July 30, 1965 . He was assisted by the co-consecrators Archbishop Basile Khoury BS of Sidon in Lebanon and Archbishop Mikhayl Assaf of Petra and Philadelphia in Jordan . In 1965 he was a participant in the last session of the Second Vatican Council . During his tenure, Haddad was co-consecrator of:
- Archbishop Boutros Raï BA , Auxiliary Bishop in Antioch and Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti
- Archbishop Maximos Salloum of Akka in Israel
- Bishop Michel Hakim BS of Sidon in Lebanon
- Bishop Spiridon Mattar of São Paulo , Brazil.
After his death on December 31, 1985, Jean Assaad Haddad succeeded him.
"The hero of Tire"
On June 7, 1982, the city of Tire was threatened by an Israeli tank attack . Tire was considered a stronghold of the PLO resistance. Archbishop Georges Haddad opposed the Israeli military column in a courageous solo effort and urged negotiations. He managed to delay the attack so that no civilians were killed or injured in the fighting. And so the media reported:
“A man in a white robe became visible, Metropolitan Georges Haddad. The crowd, mostly Muslims, formed a line and called out to the confused Christian shepherd: 'Long live our father, our archbishop.' He spoke a second time to an Israeli colonel. Then Israeli loudspeaker vans announced: 'You can all go home, for the sake of your metropolitan.' Georges Haddad returned to his undamaged archdiocese on the shoulders of his fellow citizens. In the courtyard, in front of fragments of Phoenician columns, he fell on his knees and prayed. Christians and Muslims joined in. "
Web links
- Entry on Georges Haddad on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 16, 2017.
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- Apostolic Succession - Asia 2
- Archeparchy of Tire - Lebanon ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Brazil (English)
- ↑ Show your generosity for once! In: Der Spiegel . No. 31 , 1982 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haddad, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese Archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beit Chadad , Lebanon |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1985 |