Habib Bacha
Habib Bacha SMSP (born June 24, 1931 in Tire , Lebanon , † November 23, 1999 ) was Melkite Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil .
Priest and doctorate
At a young age, the priest Habib Bacha - he received his priestly ordination on June 29, 1956 - took over leading church offices. He previously attended St. Paul's Seminary in Jerusalem and completed his studies in theology and philosophy . He then worked in the pilgrimage site of Harissa , in Beirut and in Latakia ( Syria ). He was named Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil in 1975 and continued his studies in Rome after his episcopal ordination . He received his doctorate in theology in Rome , at the same time he taught at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies , where he was secretary for Islam . From 1968 to 1975 he was Superior General of the Mission Society of St. Paul .
archbishop
On August 23, 1975, Habib Bacha was appointed Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil. The episcopal ordination took place on September 14, 1975 by Archbishop Maximos V. Hakim (Patriarch of the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch ). The co-consecrators were the archbishops Jean Bassoul BS (Archbishop of Zahle and Furzol ) and Nicolas Naaman MSSP (Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran ).
1979 marked the official start of the theological dialogue between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church . Of the 29 representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, Habib Bacha represented the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Between 1985 and 1987 he was also the Apostolic Administrator of Banyas . During the apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II in 1997 he was chairman of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity and responsible representative for the youth in Lebanon. At the age of 68, Habib Bacha died on November 23, 1999 of complications from a heart attack.
Consecrations
He initiated in 1995 the later Archbishop Georges Bacaouni of Tire as a priest and was Mitkonsekrator by Bishop Spiridon Mattar (Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo ), Archbishop " pro hac vice " Jean Mansour , SMSP ( auxiliary bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch and Titular of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti ), Boulos Nassif Borkhoche SMSP (Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran), Abraham Nehmé, BC (Archbishop of Homs , Syria) and Jean-Clément Jaeanbart (Archbishop of Aleppo in Syria).
Web links
- Entry on Apostolic Succession - Arabia 2
- Entry on Habib Bacha on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- Life data and photo ( Memento from October 13, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Obituary ( memento of October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- Joint Declaration of the Catholic-Orthodox Commission for Theological Dialogue (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Church in the Middle: Greek-Catholics in Central and Eastern Europe ( Memento June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on melkite.com
- ↑ Address by John Paul II on May 10, 1997, at vatican.va
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Grégoire Haddad |
Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil 1975–1999 |
Joseph Kallas SMSP |
Nicolas Hajj SDS |
Administrator of Banyas 1985–1987 |
Joseph-Marie Raya |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bacha, Habib |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese clergyman, Melkite Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tire , Lebanon |
DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1999 |
Place of death | Beirut |