Titular diocese of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti

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Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti is a titular archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church , which is awarded by the Pope to titular archbishops from the Melkite Greek Catholic Church united with Rome .

It goes back to an earlier diocese of the ancient city of Damiette in Egypt (late ancient Roman province Aegyptus Herculea or Augustamnica ) in the eastern Nile Delta , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Pelusium .

Titular Archbishops of Damiata dei Greco-Melkiti
No. Surname Office from to
1 Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion Apostolic Delegate ( Iraq ) March 13, 1874 August 8, 1883
2 Paul-Raphaël Abi Mourad Auxiliary Bishop in the Melkite-Greek-Catholic Patriarchate Jerusalem ( Palestine ) July 2, 1900 August 8, 1935
3 Antonio Farage Patriarchal Procurator in the Patriarchate Antioch ( Syria ) March 7, 1961 November 9, 1963
4th Nicolas Hajj SDS
Titular Archbishop pro hac vice
Auxiliary Bishop in Patriarchate Antioch (Syria) July 30, 1965 3rd November 1984
5 Joseph Jules Zerey Auxiliary Bishop in the Patriarchate of Antioch (Syria)
Vicar Apostolic of Jerusalem ( Israel )
June 22, 2001

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