Eftimios Youakim, BS, (15 June 1886 in Qaytuleh – 19 May 1972) was an archbishop of 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 ...
in
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
.
Life
On 25 March 1912 Youakim was ordained priest and appointed chaplain of the Melkite Basilians of the Most Holy Redeemer. The appointment as bishop of Zahle and Fourzol took place on October 30, 1926. The Patriarch of Antioch
Cyril IX Moghabghab
Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 in Ain Zhalta, Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate – 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 1 ...
consecrated him bishop on 9 December 1926. With the elevation of the bishopric of Zahle and Fourzol in 1964 to Archdiocese Youakim was appointed archbishop. After his age-appropriate retirement on 21 August 1971, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Scythospolis.
Youakim participated from 1962 to 1965 in all sessions 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 ...
. He was co-consecrator of Archbishop
Saba Youakim
Saba Youakim, BS (born on 2 June 1914 in El Wardieh in Baalbek, Lebanon – died on 6 March 2003) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman.
Life
Saba Youakim was ordained to the priesthood on Nov ...
, BS, of Petra and Philadelphia in Jordan. He was succeeded by Archbishop
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 ...
, BS.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Lebanon
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/byoua.html
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1886 births
1972 deaths
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
Melkite Greek Catholic bishops