Nikolaki Sawaf

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Nikolaki Sawaf [1] (born 8 February 1943 in Aleppo, Syria) is the former archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia from 2000 to 2021.

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Life

Nikolaki Sawaf was on April 15, 1968 ordained priest. On 14 January 2000, Sawaf was appointed and succeeded Fares Maakaroun as Archbishop of Latakia. Archbishop Boulos Nassif Borkhoche of Bosra and Hauran consecrated him as bishop and his co-consecrators were Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart of Aleppo and Archbishop Fares Maakaroun of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo in Brazil on March 4, 2000.

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References

  1. "Archeparchy of Latakia, Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite)".