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George Michel Bakar (born 20 April 1946 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Archeparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
He was ordained priest in 1973, then appointed Protosyncellus of Palestine and Titular Archbishop of the Titular See of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti in 2006. He resigned from the former in 2008 and was appointed Protosyncellus of Egypt and Sudan in the same year. He retired in 2022. [1] [2]
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus, Syria. The Melkites, who are Byzantine Rite Catholics, trace their history to the early Christians of Antioch, formerly part of Syria and now in Turkey, of the 1st century AD, where Christianity was introduced by Saint Peter.
The Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch is the only actual residential Patriarchate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. It was formed in 1724 when a portion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch went into communion with Rome, becoming an Eastern Catholic Church, while the rest of the ancient Patriarchate continues in full communion with the rest of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Maximos V Hakim was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1967 and served until 2000. He guided the church through turbulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere.
Cyril IX Moghabghab served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947.
Demetrius I Qadi was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.
Maximos III Michael Mazloum, was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1833 until 1855. As patriarch he reformed church administration and bolstered clerical education. He was also the first Melkite patriarch granted civil authority by the Ottoman Empire when the Melkites were recognized as a unique millet.
Paul Antaki is the Melkite Greek Catholic titular archeparch of Nubia and auxiliary bishop.
Joseph Jules Zerey is a retired archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and former Apostolic Vicar of Jerusalem.
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Saba Youakim, BS was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman.
Boutros Raï, BA, or Boutros (Pierre) Raï, was bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City.
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran is an archeparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church with its territory located in Syria. It is currently governed by Archeparch Nicolas Antiba, BA.
Néophytos Edelby was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
Pierre-Macario Saba was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo in Syria.
Elias Nijmé, BA was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon.
Michel Hakim, BS was Vicar Apostolic of Canada and first bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal in Canada.
Isidore Battikha is a Syrian archbishop emeritus of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs in Syria.
Anthony Farage, also Anthony Faraj, was titular archbishop and Patriarchal vicar of the Patriarchal vicariate of Egypt and Sudan.
Dionysius Kfoury, BS was a bishop of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan.
François Abou Mokh, BS was a Curial Bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch in Syria.
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