Paul Antaki

Paul Antaki ( born January 16, 1927 in Cairo, † 29 December 2011) was Auxiliary Bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Antioch and Patriarchal Exarch of Alexandria in Egypt and Sudan.

Life

After attaining the French and Egyptian higher education, he studied from 1945 to 1951 Theology at St. Anna seminary in Jerusalem. This seminary is conducted in collaboration with the St. Anne's Church of the White Fathers. He received his priestly ordination on July 2, 1950. From 1951 to 1954 he was employed as a parish priest in Alexandria. In 1954 he was appointed rector of the Patriarchalkolleges in Cairo. Since 1957 he was secretary of the Patriarchal Vicar Joseph Elias Tawil. In 1966 he was appointed director of the Youth Seminar in Rayak in Lebanon.

Bishop dignity

On September 9, 1968, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Nubia and appointed auxiliary bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch. The episcopal ordination took place on December 1, 1968 in the Cathedral of Beirut. Consecrator was the patriarch of Antioch, Archbishop Maximos V Hakim. Co-consecrators were the Archbishops Elias Zoghbi and Joseph Elias Tawil. From 1968 to 2002 Antaki was simultaneously Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria and then from 1991 to 2002 Patriarchal Exarch of Alexandria in Egypt and Sudan. In 1997 he was appointed the Patriarch of Antioch and Syncellus on June 21, 2001, Pope John Paul II 's age-related withdrawal from the episcopate on.

He was a member of the Episcopal Conference of Egypt and Chairman of the Youth Commission during his tenure as Auxiliary Bishop, he consecrated in 1973 Georges Michel Bakar a priest was at his episcopal ordination Titular Archbishop of Pelusium dei Greco - Melkiti ( Apostolic Exarch of Jerusalem) Mitkonsekrator. He was also Mitkonsekrator with his successor as Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria Joseph Jules Zerey Titular Archbishop of Damietta dei Greco - Melkiti ( Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch ).