Ignatius Ghattas

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name = Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas


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caption = A photograph of Bishop Ignatius as a young priest in the United States
birth_date = 25 December, 1920
birth_place = Maaloul
death_date = 11 October, 1992
death_place = Cleveland, Ohio
church = Melkite Greek Catholic
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ordained = 1946
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offices_held = Eparch of Newton
title = Archbishop, Priest
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footnotes = Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas (25 December 1920 - 11 October 1992) was the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparch of Newton from 1990 until his death. [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bghattas.html Catholic Hirearchy website] , retrieved 5 November 2007]

Ghattas, a native of Maaloul [ [http://www.saintelias.org/beta/shepherdsMain.html In Memory:Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas] , retrieved 30 March 2008] and Nazareth, entered Holy Saviour monastery in Saida, Lebanon following his primary education and professed his religious vows in 1939. He was ordained a priest of the Basilian Salvatorian Order in 1946. Following his ordination he taught Greek, Latin, English, French and mathematics. ["Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas, 71; spiritual leader of Melkites in US". "The Boston Globe", 16 October 1992] In 1952, he went to the United States to serve as assistant pastor of St. Elias parish in Cleveland, Ohio, and was appointed pastor in 1955. [ [http://www.saintelias.org/historyEXT.html St. Elias Church website] , retrieved 5 November 2007]

Later, Archimandrite Ghattas was elected bishop by the Holy Synod of the Melkite Church in July, 1989 and approved by the Holy See on December 11. He was consecrated archbishop on February 23, 1990, succeeding Archbishop Joseph Tawil as eparch. He died in Cleveland, Ohio in 1992 at age 72. [cite news
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title = OBITUARY At 72, Archbishop Ignatius Ghattas, Eparch of Newton
work = The Boston Herald
pages = 055
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date = October 16, 1992
url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68808853.html?dids=68808853:68808853&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+16%2C+1992&author=&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=055&desc=OBITUARY+At+72%2C+Archbishop+Ignatius+Ghattas%2C+Eparch+of+Newton
accessdate = 2008-02-23 ]

ee also

*Melkite Greek Catholic Church
*Eparchy of Newton
*Joseph Tawil

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.melkite.org/sa10.html Melkite Greek Catholic Church Biography of Joseph Tawil]
* [http://www.melkite.org/role.htm#tawil The Courage To Be Ourselves]
* [http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/index.shtml Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem]
* [http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/melkitmenu.html L'Église Melkite/The Melkite Church] .
* [http://www.mliles.com/melkitecatholic/index.shtml Melkite Catholic Web Ring] .
* [http://www.melkite.org Official Website of the Melkite Church in the US] .
* [http://phoenicia.org/melkites.html Extensive history of the Melkite Church]

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