Greek-Melkite Archdiocese of

Saïdā

Lebanon Lebanon

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Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Archdiocese Archdiocese

Name: Saïdā / Saida / Sidone / Sidonien(sis) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tyr

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Present Prelates

Archbishop ([2006.10.11] 2007.01.27 – ...):Archbishop Elie Béchara Haddad, B.S. (64)Archbishop Elie Béchara Haddad, B.S. (64)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Elie Béchara Haddad, B.S. (64)Archbishop Elie Béchara Haddad, B.S. (64)
(2007.01.27 – ...)

Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Born:1960.01.28 (Ablah, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1986.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:2007.03.24

Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([2006.10.11] 2007.01.27 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (2021.01.31 – 2022.08.20)

Archbishop Georges Kwaïter, B.S.
(1987.07.23 – 2006)

Born:1928.04.28 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:1954.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1987.10.23
Died:2011.07.26 († 83)

Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1987.07.23 – 2006)

Fr. Salim Ghazal, B.S. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1985 – 1987.07.23)

Archbishop Ignace Raad
(1981.09.09 – 1985.09.18)

Born:1923.12.20 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1947.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:1981.10.30
Died:1999.07.19 († 75)

Prelate Auditor of Sacred Roman Rota (1972.10.18 – 1981.09.09)

Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1981.09.09 – 1985.09.18)

Archbishop Michel Hakim
(1977.08.25 – 1980.10.13)

Born:1921.04.21 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1947.11.10
Consecrated Bishop:1977.09.10
Died:2006.11.22 († 85)

Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1977.08.25 – 1980.10.13)

Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Cappadocia of the Greek-Melkites (1980.10.13 – 1984.09.01)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal of the Greek-Melkites (Canada) (1980.10.13 – 1998.06.30)

Archbishop Basile Khoury, B.S.
(1964.11.18 – 1977.08.25)

Born:1900.08.15 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1928.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:1947.03.25
Died:1985.04.22 († 84)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1947.03.15 – 1964.11.18)

Archbishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1964.11.18 – 1977.08.25)

Titular Archbishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites (1977.08.25 – 1985.04.22)

Bishops of Saïdā (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Bishop Basile Khoury, B.S. (later Archbishop)
(1947.03.15 – 1964.11.18)

(see above)

Bishop Gabriele (Nicola) Nabaa, B.S.
(1933.03.13 – 1946.12.15)

Born:1894.01.08
Ordained Priest:1917.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1931.11.22
Died:1946.12.15 († 52)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([1931.11.22] 1933.03.13 – 1946.12.15)

Bishop Atanasio Khoriaty, B.S.
(1920.02.07 – 1931.01.24)

Born:1884.01.20 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1910.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1920.03.14
Died:1931.01.24 († 47)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1920.02.07 – 1931.01.24)

Archbishop Basilio Haggiar, B.S.
(1887 – 1916.02.16)

Born:1839.01.06 (Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1871.10.14
Died:1916.02.16 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1871.10.14 – 1881)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra–Hauran of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1881 – 1887)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1887 – 1916.02.16)

Bishop Theodosios Qouyoumji
(1836 – 1886)

Born:1805 (Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1836.12.20

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1836 – 1886)

Bishop Basilios Khalil
(1822 – 1831)

Consecrated Bishop:1822.02.02
Died:1836.07.20

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1822 – 1831)

Archbishop Athanase Matar [Matâr] (later Patriarch)
(1800 – 1813.08.26)

Born: (Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1798
Died:1813.11.20

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bosra of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1798 – 1800)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1800 – 1813.08.26)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1813.08.26 – 1813.11.20)

Bishop Agapios Matar [Matâr], B.S. (later Patriarch)
(1795 – 1796.09.11)

Born:1736 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:1782
Consecrated Bishop:1795.07.10
Died:1812.02.02 († 75)

Superior General of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers) (1789 – 1795)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1795 – 1796.09.11)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1796.09.11 – 1812.02.02)

Patriarch Athanase IV Jawhar [Jaouhar] (Athanase Jawhar [Jaouhar])
(1761 – 1788.05.05)

Born:1733.09.18 (Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1759.07.31
Died:1794.12.02 († 61)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1759.07.19 – 1760.08.01)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1761 – 1788.05.05)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1788.05.05 – 1794.12.02)

Bishop Basilios Jelghaf, B.C.
(1755 – 1764.07.23)

Died:1777

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1755 – 1764.07.23)

Bishop of Beirut of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1764.07.23 – 1777)

Archbishop Ignace Beyrouthy
(1724 – 1752)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1724 – 1752)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1724 – 1752)

Archbishop Euthymios Michael Saifi
(1682 – 1723.10.08)

Born:1643
Consecrated Bishop:1683
Died:1723.10.08 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tyr of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1682 – 1723.10.08)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saïdā of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1682 – 1723.10.08)

Founder of Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers) (1684)

Special Churches

Beirut–Gibail (↑), Zahleh–Furzol (↗), Bāniyās (↘), Tyr (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 45,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 63 parishes

Personnel: 43 priests (36 diocesan, 7 religious), 23 religious (14 brothers, 9 sisters), 8 seminarians

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