Jean Bassoul

Jean Bassoul BS (also John Bassoul ; born May 7, 1920 in Maghduscha , Lebanon , † August 9, 1977 ) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church . On July 11, 1943, he was ordained a priest of the Melkite Basilians from the Most Holy Redeemer ( order abbreviation : BS).

Pastor in the USA

Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral

In 1960 he took over the Melkite parish of Roslindale near Boston , Massachusetts as Archimandrite . The parish belongs to the Newton Eparchy and is also the seat of the Bishop of Melkite Christians in the USA . During his short tenure as pastor and pastor , he was instrumental in planning the construction of the Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral in Roslindale. After being ordained bishop, John Adel Elya BS took over the parish in 1962 .

archbishop

He was appointed Archbishop of Homs in Syria on December 5, 1961. On April 28, 1962, Cardinal Richard Cushing , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston , donated him episcopal ordination in Boston . From 1962 to 1971 he headed the Archdiocese of Homs, which he had taken over from Archbishop Denys Gaith .

Subsequently, Bossoul took over the episcopal see of the Archeparchy Zahlé and Furzol in Lebanon until his death on August 9, 1977 . He was succeeded in this office by Augustin Farah . Archbishop Bassoul attended all sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . As co-consecrator he assisted Archbishop Habib Bacha of Beirut and Jbeil .

Web links

• Entry on Jean Bassoul on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 25, 2017.
• Apostolic Succession - Asia 2
• Entry on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cardinal Cushing consecrated John Bassoul in Byzantine liturgical garb as bishop, cf. Dressed investments of the Eastern Rite . In: The Voice . Weekly Publication of the Diocese of Miami. tape 4 , no. 8 , May 11, 1962, pp. 5 ( online [PDF; 13.7 MB ]).