Gregory III Laham
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Key facts
- Native name
- غريغوريوس الثالث لحام
- Church
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- See
- Antioch
- Elected
- November 29, 2000
- Installed
- December 5, 2000
- Term ended
- May 6, 2017
- Predecessor
- Maximos V Hakim
- Successor
- Youssef I Absi
- Other post
- Bishop of Damascus
- Previous posts
- Auxiliary Melkite Greek Archbishop of Jerusalem (1981–2000) Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti (1981–2000)
- Ordination
- February 15, 1959
- Consecration
- November 27, 1981, by Maximos V Hakim
- Born
- Lutfy Laham , ( 1933-12-15 ) December 15, 1933 (age 92) , Darayya , Syria
- Denomination
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Residence
- Syria , Lebanon
- Alma mater
- Holy Savior Seminary
- Motto
- Directione in agape
- Coat of arms
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gregor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Syria
- Place of birth
- Damascus
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical Oriental Institute
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Field of work
- Christianity and Islam
- Image
- BISHOP-gregorio-III-laham.JPG
- Residence
- Syria
- Religious order
- Basilian Salvatorian Order
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- Gregory III Laham
- date of birth
- 1933-12-15
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- consecrator
- François Abou Mokh
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Encyclopedic overview
Gregory III Laham, B.S. (Arabic: غريغوريوس الثالث لحام; Latin: Gregorius III Lahamus; born Lutfy Laham, December 15, 1933, in Darayya, Syria), Emeritus Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem, is the former spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected on November 29, 2000, succeeding Patriarch Maximos V Hakim. He retired on May 6, 2017.
He took the name Gregory in honor of Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, who was the last member of his religious order, the Basilian Salvatorian Order, to be elected Patriarch. Gregory III, who studied in Rome, Italy, and is multilingual, is also the author of several books on Eastern Catholic spirituality and theology.
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