Philippe Nabaa

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Philippe Nabaa (born April 18, 1907 in Joun , Lebanon , † August 17, 1967 in Beirut ) was Melkite Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil .

Life

He was ordained a priest on September 14, 1931 at the age of 24 . The appointment as archbishop took place on September 17, 1948, on October 3, 1948 Patriarch Maximos IV. Cardinal Sayegh donated the episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were George Hakim , Bishop of Akka and later Patriarch of Alexandria, and Joseph Kallas , Bishop of Tripoli del Libano of the Melkites . He was the successor to Maximos IV. Cardinal Sayegh and took part in his capacity in the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . From 1962 to 1967 he was undersecretary in the Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council.

Philippe Nabaa was co-consecrator to the Archbishops Augustin Farah (Bishop of Tripoli and later Archbishop of Zahlé and Furzol of the Melkite-Greek-Catholic Church) and his own successor, Grégoire Haddad .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The place Joun is northeast of Sidon . The village is in the immediate vicinity of the ancient place of the same name in southern Lebanon , destroyed by an earthquake, Joun , Places in Lebanon (English)
  2. ^ Pontifical Commissions
  3. ^ The Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council was set up in 1962. It served to coordinate the work of the council. Since 1965 it was also the central commission for the coordination of the post-conciliar work and the interpretation of the council decisions. In 1983 she was dissolved Apostolic Succession
personal data
SURNAME Nabaa, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese clergyman, Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Joun , Lebanon
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1967
Place of death Beirut