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Elias nijm
Elias Nijmé, BA (16 August 1920 in Aleppo, Syria – 6 November 1998) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon.
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Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch
Elias Nijmé was ordained on 20 July 1944 Chaplain of the Aleppinian Basilian. His appointment as Archbishop "pro hac vice", Auxiliary Bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch and Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of Greek Melkites was performed on August 16, 1971, and appointed. On September 5, 1971, Nijmé was consecrated by Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim and his co-consecrators were Archbishop Athanasios Toutoungi of Aleppo and Archbishop Grégoire Haddad of Beirut and Jbeil.
Archbishop of Tripoli
On February 7, 1978 Nijmé was appointed to the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and served in Tripoli until his age-related retirement on August 5, 1995. He became Archbishop Emeritus until his death on November 6, 1998, and was the consecrator of the Melkite bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, BA, titular bishop of Abila Lysaniae and Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela.