Justin Najmy

Justin Najmy (1898 - 1968) was the first bishop for the United States in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Appointed exarch for the newly-created Melkite diocese in the United States, Bishop Najmy served for two years before his death at age 70.

Biography

Justin Abraham Najmy was born April 23, 1898. He was ordained a priest of the Basilian Alepian Order on December 25, 1926. Moving to the United States, he served as pastor of St. Basil the Great Church in Central Falls, Rhode Island before his appointment as apostolic exarch on January 27, 1966. Najmy was consecrated titular bishop of Augustopolis-in-Phrygia by Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi on May 29, 1966. [cite web
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Bishop Najmy was not serve as exarch for long. He died of a heart attack on June 11, 1968 and was succeeded by Joseph Tawil. He is buried parish Cemetery of St. Basil the Great in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

Notes

ee also

*Melkite Greek Catholic Church
*Eparchy of Newton
*Joseph Tawil
*Maximos IV Sayegh

External links

* [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]