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Bishop
Ibrahim Ibrahim |
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 His
Holiness Pope John Paul II named
Rev. Ibrahim Ibrahim, B.S.O., as
Bishop of the Holy Saviour Eparchy
of Montreal for Greek-Melkite
Catholics in Canada on June 18,
2003. The Eparchy has been without a
Bishop since the death of Most
Reverend Sleiman Hajjar in March
2002.
Born on March 22, 1962, in Jinsnaya,
Lebanon, Bishop-elect Ibrahim was
ordained to the priesthood for the
Salvatorian Basilian Order on July
18, 1987, in Saida, Lebanon. He
received a bachelor’s degree in
theology from the Pontifical
Gregorian University in Rome, and a
master’s degree in theology from the
Pontifical Lateran University also
in Rome. The new bishop speaks
English, French, Arabic, Italian and
Greek.
Bishop-elect Ibrahim has ministered
primarily in the United States of
America. At the time of his
nomination was pastor of St. Elias
Parish in Cleveland, Ohio. He has
served as dean of the western region
of the Eparchy of Newton, and
Superior General of the Salvatorian
Basilians in the USA. He also is
head of the Eparchial Commission on
Ecumenism and Inter-religious
Questions for the Greek-Melkite
Church.
The Catholic population of the
Greek-Melkite Church in Canada is
43,000, served by 15 priests, one
permanent deacon, and 10 religious
in 10 parishes and missions.
The Greek-Melkite Catholic Church is
one of seven Eastern rite Churches
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