Yousif Benham Habash
Yousif Benham Habash (born June 1, 1951 in Baghdida , Iraq ) is a Syrian Catholic Bishop of the Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark eparchy .
Life
Yousif Benham Habash received the sacrament of priestly ordination on August 31, 1975 from the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Cyrille Emmanuel Benni , and was incardinated in the clergy of the Syrian Catholic Archepark Mosul . On November 6, 1995, Habash was incardinated in the clergy of the Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark eparchy.
On April 12, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Syrian Catholic Bishop of the Eparchy Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark. The Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch , Ignatius Joseph III. Younan , ordained him episcopally on June 11 of that year ; Co -consecrators were the Auxiliary Bishop in the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Archbishop Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil , the Syrian Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Aleppo, Denys Raboula Antoine Beylouni , the Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Basile Georges Casmyroussa and the Catholic-Catholic Archbishop of Baghdad , Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka . The inauguration took place on July 31, 2010.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Joseph Younan |
Bishop of Newark since 2010 |
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| SURNAME | Habash, Yousif Benham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi clergyman, Syrian Catholic Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baghdida , Iraq |