Yousif Habash

Most Reverend
Yousif Behnam Habash
Bishop
Church Syriac Catholic
Diocese Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
In office 11 July 2010present
Predecessor Ephrem Joseph Yonan
Orders
Ordination 31 August 1975
Consecration 11 July 2010
by Ephrem Joseph Yonan
Personal details
Born 1 June 1951
Bakhdida, Iraq

Yousif Behnam Habash (in Arabic يوسف بهنام حبش) (born June 1, 1951) is an Iraqi-born bishop of the Syriac Catholic Church. Since 2010, he has been the Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark.

Biography

Early life and education

Born June 1, 1951 in Bakhdida, Iraq,[1] Yousif Behnam Habash entered St. John’s Seminary in Mosul in 1965 at the age of 14. From 1970 to 1972 he performed military service in Iraq. Thereafter, when the Mosul seminary closed, he completed his seminary studies at Charfet , Lebanon, studying at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik.[2]

Ordination and ministry

Habash was ordained a priest for the Archeparchy of Mosul on 31 August 1975[1] after which time he was assigned to a parish in his home town of Bakhdida and worked in youth ministry. He later served as vicar and then pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, in Basra.[2]

In 1994, he was assigned to the Syriac Catholic Mission of North America, serving first in Newark, New Jersey and, from 2001 on, at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in West Hollywood, California.[3][4]

Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark

In April 2010, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the second eparch of the Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark.[3] He was consecrated a bishop on 11 July 2010 by his predecessor Ephrem Joseph Younan, who had been elected Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians.

Eparch Habash's territory includes the United States, and 16,000Syriac Catholics.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Bishop Yousif Behnam Habash". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Pope names L.A. priest bishop for Syrian Catholics". Catholic News Service (reprinted in The Tidings, Los Angeles, CA). 16 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 Mitchell Landsberg (13 April 2010). "Iraqi-born L.A. priest to head U.S. Syrian Catholic Church". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  4. "Pope Names Los Angeles Pastor As Bishop Of Eparchy Of Our Lady Of Deliverance Of Newark For Syrian Catholics". USCCB Office of Media Relations. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Ephrem Joseph Yonan
Bishop of Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance North America
2009–
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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