Gregory Iii Laham
| Gregory III | |
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 His Beatitude Gregory III | |
| Biography | |
| Birth | 13 December 1933 to Daraya ( Syria ) |
| Priestly Ordination | 15 February 1959 |
| Episcopal | 27 November 1981 by Patriarch Maximus V |
| Last title | Patriarch Melkite of Antioch |
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| (In) Record at catholic-hierarchy.org | |
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Gregory III Laham (Laham Loufti to Daraya born near Damascus , in Syria , on 13 December 1933 ) is the current primate of the Greek Catholic Melkite Church with the title of
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Biography
Gregory III Laham since 1981 was patriarchal vicar in Jerusalem, Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop.
He was enthroned Patriarch 29 November 2000 by a synod of thirty bishops called for the election. His immediate predecessor Maximus V Hakim , who attended the enthronement had resigned at the age of 92 years for health reasons.
In 2002 , Gregory III wanted to "unify the date of Easter" by adopting the Julian calendar , the problem of the date of Easter is still a subject for dialogue between Christians of East Catholic and Orthodox.
In 2007 , he traveled to Canada to inaugurate the Cathedral Saint-Sauveur de Montreal , where the center of the Greek-Melkite local.
In May 2008 he received an official visit by Pope Benedict XVI , with all the Melkite bishops and several archimandrites.
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Gregory III, Melkite Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey
Gregory III
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| Preceded by: Maximus V Hakim | List of primates of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church | Followed by: - |
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