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Joseph Kallas, SMSP (born on September 24, 1931, in Fakiha, Lebanon) is Emeritus Melkite Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos.
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Joseph Kallas, SMSP (born on September 24, 1931, in Fakiha, Lebanon) is Emeritus Melkite Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos.
Kallas was ordained a priest on 13 August 1958 by the White Fathers, and joined to the Melkite congregation Missionary Society of St. Paul, where he was Superior General from 1987 to 1993. On 15 January 2000 Kallas was appointed Archbishop of Beirut and Byblos of the Melkites. The ordination took place on 19 February 2000 and was performed by Jean Mansour SMSP, Titular Archbishop "pro hac vice" of Apamea in Syria of Greek Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch. André Haddad BS, Archbishop of Zahle and Furzol, and Jean Assaad Haddad, Archbishop of Tyre were his co-consecrators. On May 25, 2010, Kallas resigned from his office of bishop.
The archbishop Kallas encouraged inter-religious dialogue between Islam and the Christians, and participated in many events. This included participation in the series "People in Europe" [1] where in 2004 participated beside him Archbishop Louis Sako (Archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Kirkuk, Iraq), Bishop Antoine Audo, SJ (Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Aleppo, Syria) and the Catholic theologian Theodore Khoury.
From October 10 to October 24, 2010, he participated in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East and intervened to understanding the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. [2] Basically, Kallas underlined the serious and historical development in the Eastern Churches and their apostolic understanding within the meaning of Apostle Paul of Tarsus.
Under the direction of Gregory III Laham, he participated at the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic bishops. [3]
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