Mikhayl Assaf (27 October 1887 in
Damascus,
Syria – 10 August 1970) was the second archbishop of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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of the
. He was the successor to Archbishop
Paul Salman
Paul Salman (born 25 January 1886 in Damascus, Syria - died on 1 July 1948) was the first Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who, on May 2, 1932 by Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 3 ...
.
Life
On July 20, 1912, Mikhayl Assaf became an ordained priest. His election as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia was on 19 September 1948, and his ordination as eparch was on October 10, 1948. In his twenty years in office, Assaf was a Council Father of the first two sessions of the
Second Vatican Council
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the , or , was the 21st Catholic ecumenical councils, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. The council met in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for four periods (or sessions) ...
. He consecrated
Nicolas Naaman Nicolas Naaman, SMSP (June 22, 1911, Damascus, Syria – August 20, 1982) was an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria.
Life
Nicolas Naaman was ordained priest on August 15, 1937, and was a member of the ...
, SMSP, as Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran (Syria). He also assisted as co-consecrator of
Gabriel Abdou-Saada to Titular of Caesarea in Palestine of Greek Melkites,
Georges Haddad as Archbishop of Tyre (Lebanon),
Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti as the
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Melkite Church and
Neemeh Simann as titular bishop of Termessus. Assaf was succeeded by
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 ...
when he died in 1970.
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bassaf.html
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/petr0.htm
1887 births
1970 deaths
Syrian Melkite Greek Catholics
Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
People from Damascus
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