Augustin Farah (4 May 1910 in Kara, Syria – 31 March 1983) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol (in Latin: Mariamnensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In 2012 there were 150,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch Ibrahim M. Ibra ...

Ecclesiastical career

On 8 September 1937, he became an ordained priest. Farah was named on 7 March 1961, for the Archeparchy of Tripoli and was ordained bishop on 18 June 1961. The ordination was headed by the Patriarch of Antioch

Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos IV Sayegh (or ''Saïgh''; 10 April 1878 – 5 November 1967) was a Catholic Church in Syria, Syrian Catholic prelate who served as List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria ...

, SMSP, at his co-consecrators were the Archbishops Philippe Nabaa of Beirut and Byblos and Athanase Ach-Chaer, BC, of Banyas. When the Diocese of Tripoli was elevated to the Archdiocese, Farah also received on 18 November 1964 the title of archbishop. From 1962 to 1965 he was a participant at all meetings of the

Second Vatican Council The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the or , was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met each autumn from 1962 to 1965 in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for session ...

. In 1965, Farah was shortly Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem.Catholic Church
On 25 August 1977, he was appointed

Jean Bassoul Jean Bassoul, BS, also John Bassoul, (7 May 1920 in Maghdouché, Lebanon – 9 August 1977) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol. Ordination On 11 July 1943 Bassoul was ordained priest and was appoi ...

's successor at the

and ran it until his death on 31 March 1983. He was succeeded by

André Haddad André Haddad, BS (20 September 1930 in Roum, Lebanon – 13 December 2017) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol. Ecclesiastical career On June 13, 1954, Andre Haddad was ordained to the priesthood and ...

, BS.

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Archbishop Augustin Farah [Catholic-Hierarchy

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1910 births 1983 deaths Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics Melkite Greek Catholic bishops {{MelkiteGreekCatholic-bishop-stub