Demetrius I Qadi (or ''Dimitros I Cadi'') (January 18, 1861, Damascus, Syria – October 25, 1925) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the

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from 1919 until 1925.

Life

Joseph Qadi was born in Damascus, Syria. Ordained a Melkite priest in 1888, Qadi was appointed Patriarchal Vicar of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

in 1895, resigning in 1898. he was elected eparch of Aleppo on October 27, 1903 and ordained eparch on November 29, 1903 by patriarch

Cyril VIII Jaha Cyril VIII Geha (or ''Jeha''), (November 26, 1840 – January 11, 1916) was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1902 until 1916. He was the last Melkite Catholic patriarch of the Ottoman era. Life Geha was born in Aleppo, ...

, being

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, O.F.M,

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...

of Cabasa, and

Joseph Dumani Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, BS, Eparch of Tripoli, his co-consecrators. On March 29, 1919 he was elected patriarch by the Melkite Synod of Bishops, with the

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accepting his request for ecclesiastical communion on July 3 of the same year. At that point the patriarchate had been vacant for three years since the death of

in 1916. During his brief reign the Melkite Church experienced a rapid expansion in the Near East as situations for the Greek Catholics improved during the period of the

French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (french: Mandat pour la Syrie et le Liban; ar, الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان, al-intidāb al-fransi 'ala suriya wa-lubnān) (1923−1946) was a League of Nations mandate foun ...

. Demetrius also began radical reforms in the Melkite Church, including preparations for Melkite councils to address canonical matters. However, Demetrius did not live to participate in these councils, and died on October 25, 1925. He was succeeded upon his death by Patriarch

Cyril IX Moghabghab Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 in Ain Zhalta, Ottoman Syria – September 8, 1947 in Alexandria, Egypt) served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947. ...

Consecrator of Melkite Eparchs

During his patriarchate he was consecrator of some Melkite eparchs: *

Maximos IV Sayegh Maximos IV Sayegh (or ''Saïgh''; 10 April 1878, in Aleppo, Syria – 5 November 1967, in Beirut, Lebanon) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death i ...

, Archeparch of Tyre *

Etienne Soukkarie Etienne Soukkarie, even Stephen Sukkariyeh or Etienne Soukharyé (born on 17 October 1868 in Damascus, Syria - died on 25 November 1921) was Patriarchal Vicar of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan. Life Etienne Soukkarie in 1891 was ord ...

, Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti and Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria in Egypt * Basil Khoury, Archeparch of Homs * Basil Cattan, Archeparch of Beirut and Byblos * Anthony Farage, Titular bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Melchiti and Patriarchal Procurator in Antioch * Meletius Abou-Assaleh, Eparch of Baalbek in Lebanon * Joseph Kallas, Eparch of Tripoli in Lebanon

Distinctions

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcadi.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/anti2.htm 1861 births 1925 deaths Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch Syrian Melkite Greek Catholics Eastern Catholic bishops in Syria {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub

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Consecrator of Melkite Eparchs

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