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VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Ibrahim Ibrahim of the Salvatorian Basilian Order, head of the Eparchial Commission on Ecumenism and on Inter-religious Questions, as bishop of St. Sauveur de Montreal of the Greek Melkite Catholics (Catholics 43,000, priests 15, permanent deacons 1, religious 10), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Jinsnaya, Libya in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1987.
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Many Years, Despota!
Alex (aka "Iskander")
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Wasn't he the Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, or am I thinking of a Maronite hierarch by the same name?
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Dear Logos Teen,
Glory to Jesus Christ!
The Chaldean Bishop of Detroit is Bishop Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim.
Must be a coincidence. I am sure the faithful will keep it straight.
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Dear Logos-to-a-T:
Like you, I have been "bedazzled" by these Arabic Christian Churches. However, it helped me follow the line by this exercise:
Chaldeans/Assyrians=Baghdad, Iraq
Melkites/Syrians=Antioch, Syria*
Coptics/Coptics=Alexandria, Egypt
Maronites/None=Beirut, Lebanon
The LEFT/RIGHT combo corresponds to the Catholic/Orthodox axis.
The newly appointed Eparch in Canada is a Melkite Catholic, although a native-born Libyan!
AmdG
*(There is also a Syrian Catholic Church, with an Oriental Orthodox counterpart.)
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"The Holy Father: - Appointed..."
So much for the Patriarchal Melkite Greek-Catholic Church of Antioch!
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Dear Lemko, Good point! And the same applies to our appointed bishops . . . My, but Rome likes appointing Basilian Bishops . . .  They must know a secret handshake or something Alex
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Well, Lemko and Alex, you are UNDER Rome after all, aren't you? What do you expect? :-) Nothing new here, really.
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Slava Jesu Kristu,
The Pope may have appointed him, but I'm sure it was Patriarch Gregory who chose him.
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Deacon Ed,
Yes, that's the man.
AmdG,
Thanks. I love the Middle Eastern and North African Churches!
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Originally posted by Dmitri Rostovski:
The Pope may have appointed him, but I'm sure it was Patriarch Gregory who chose him. How about Rome tries this phrasing some time soon: "Today the Holy Father confirmed/recognised the appointment of (name) as Bishop of (place). Bishop (name), elected by the Synod of (name of Church), ..." etc. Oh well, one of these days... Andrij
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Dear OrthodoxEast, But we're still hanging in with Rome anyway We'll continue to complain as well! And the way our Ukrainian Orthodox Churches are treated by world Orthodoxy - just because they want their own Church - well, Rome is still a better place to be for us Ukies! Sorry to be such a nash-onalistic Ukie Uniate! Alex
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Dear Andrij, Or, better still, "Today the Pope acknowledged a communication sent to him by the Patriarchal Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Catholic Church, signed by Patriarch Lubomyr Huzar, informing His Holiness of the appointment and consecration of the following 37 new Ukrainian bishops and of the canonization of the following 103 new martyrs and saints by the Patriarch . . ." Don't you agree? We're getting there, we're getting there . . . Alex
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Alex, you bedazzled dreamer, you!
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