Maximos V Hakim
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| Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch | |
Maximos V Hakim meets with David Ben-Gurion, 1960
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| See | Antioch |
| Elected | 22 November 1967 |
| Installed | 26 November 1967 |
| Term ended | 22 November 2000 |
| Predecessor | Maximos IV Sayegh |
| Successor | Gregory III Laham |
| Other posts | Bishop of Damas |
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| Ordination | 20 July 1930 by Maximos IV Sayegh |
| Consecration | 13 June 1943 by Cyril IX Moghabghab |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | George Selim Hakim |
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18 May 1908 Tanta, Egypt |
| Died | 29 June 2001 (aged 93) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Denomination | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| Residence | Syria and Lebanon |
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Maximos V Hakim (Arabic: ماكسيموس الخامس حكيم; May 18, 1908, in Tanta, Egypt – June 29, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon) was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1967 and served until 2000. He guided the church through tubulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere.
He was born George Selim Hakim at Tanta, Egypt, May 18, 1908, to parents who were originally from Aleppo. He was educated locally and at Le College 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.
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. On November 18, 1964 Hakim became Archeparch. He was elected Patriarch by the Holy Synod at Ain Traz on November 22, 1967 and his election was confirmed on November 26 of the same year.
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