Maximos V Hakim
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1908–2001)
Maximos V Hakim (Arabic: ماكسيموس الخامس حكيم; born George Selim Hakim; May 18, 1908 – June 29, 2001) was a Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, who served as the Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch from 1967 to 2000. He guided the Church through turbulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere.
Life
He was born George Selim Hakim at Tanta, Egypt, on May 18, 1908, to parents who were originally from Aleppo. He was educated locally and at Le Collège de la Sainte Famille (High School of the Holy Family) Jesuit school in Cairo. After completing his studies at St. Anne of Jerusalem, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of St. Anne by Maximos IV Sayegh, then Archbishop of Tyre, on July 20, 1930. As a young priest he taught for a year in the patriarchal school in Beirut before returning to Cairo in 1931.
Episcopate
He was appointed eparch on March 13, 1943, and consecrated Eparch of St. John of Acre, Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee, in Cairo on June 13, 1943, by Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab, assisted by the Archbishops Dionysius Kfoury, Titular bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti, and Pierre Medawar, Titular bishop of Pelusium dei Greco-Melkiti, patriarchal auxiliaries.
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