Michel Hakim

Michel Hakim BS (born April 21, 1921 in Maghduscha , Lebanon , † November 22, 2006 in Montreal , Canada ) was Vicar Apostolic of Canada and first bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal in Canada.

Life

Michel Hakim's birthplace Maghduscha is a well-known Marian pilgrimage site in the Middle East . The sanctuary and pilgrimage center are under the administration of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Hakim studied at the St.-Sauveur seminary theology and was on 10 November 1947 Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian Salvatorian Order consecrated. He was initially employed as the administrator of a school in Damascus and later led a youth group in Zahlé . In the 1960s he completed his theology studies at the Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute in Paris . Since 1947 he was the superior general of the Basilian Order.

On August 25, 1977, he was appointed Bishop of Sidon in Lebanon. The episcopal ordination was presided over on September 10, 1977 by the Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V. Hakim ; Co- consecrators were the archbishops Saba Youakim from Petra and Philadelphia in Jordan and Georges Haddad from Tire in Lebanon.

Pope John Paul II appointed Hakim on October 13, 1980 as Vicar Apostolic of Canada for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and at the same time appointed Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia dei Greco-Melkiti . On September 1, 1984, after the Vicariate Apostolic was elevated to the status of an archeparchy , he was named Archbishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal. He was co-consecrator of Bishops John Adel Elya ( Newton , USA ), Nicholas James Samra ( Auxiliary Bishop in Newton) and Sleiman Hajjar BS, his successor in office. After his age-related retirement on June 30, 1998, Old Archbishop Hakim commuted back and forth between Montreal and Lebanon.

personal data
SURNAME	Hakim, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lebanese Archbishop in Canada
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maghduscha , Lebanon
DATE OF DEATH	November 22, 2006
Place of death	Montreal , Canada