Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty

Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty BA (born August 1, 1938 in Aleppo , Syria ) was the Apostolic Exarch for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Venezuela from 1995 to 2019 .

Life

On February 2, 1966, Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty was ordained a religious priest of the Aleppine Basilians . At the same time he was appointed titular bishop of Abila Lysaniae on October 12, 1995, he was appointed Apostolic Exarch in Venezuela . The Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim and the co-consecrators Archbishop Elias Nijmé BA from Tripoli ( Lebanon ) and auxiliary bishop in Antioch Archbishop Jean Mansour SMSP initiated him on 21 December 1995 on the bishop . In 2019 he resigned. He was succeeded by Joseph Khawam .

To the Middle East

In October 2010, Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty was represented as a delegate at the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Middle East . He made a statement on the situation of Christians in the Middle East. In it he said that it is an important task of the Christians living in emigration to support the Christians living in their homeland and to strengthen them in the faith. Literally he said: "We, the emigrants from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and - allow me to say - Egypt , will always love our country and remain closely connected to our country and our origins. There are numerous men and women who who can give religious impulses and can work with scientific and economic generosity in the countries that greet us with open arms ".

Web links

Entry on Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Entry on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ nouns dell'Esarca Apostolico per i fedeli Greco-Melkiti residenti sede in Venezuela e dell'Amministratore Apostolico vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis dell'Eparchia di Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en Mèxico Greco-Melkiti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 20, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 (Italian).
^ Vatican Radio: Intervention of Mons. Georges KAHHALÉ ZOUHAÏRATY, Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae, Apostolic Exarch for the Greek-Melkite Faithful living in Venezuela (VENEZUELA) [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Syrian clergyman, bishop in Venezuela
DATE OF BIRTH	August 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aleppo , Syria

[1] uns dell'Esarca Apostolico per i fedeli Greco-Melkiti residenti sede in Venezuela e dell'Amministratore Apostolico vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis dell'Eparchia di Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en Mèxico Greco-Melkiti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 20, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 (Italian).

[2] Vatican Radio: Intervention of Mons. Georges KAHHALÉ ZOUHAÏRATY, Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae, Apostolic Exarch for the Greek-Melkite Faithful living in Venezuela (VENEZUELA) [1]