See Jerusalem Consecration November 9, 2001 Name Joseph Zerey Appointed June 4, 2008 | Predecessor Georges Bakar Ordination May 5, 1967 | |
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Born 9 June 1941 (age 82) Alessandria d'Egitto ( 1941-06-09 ) Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch (2001-2008) | ||
Message from Emeritus Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey to the sponsors and the Knights of Columbus
Joseph Jules Zerey (born 9 June 1941 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and Apostolic Vicar of Jerusalem.
Contents
- Message from Emeritus Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey to the sponsors and the Knights of Columbus
- Career
- Distinctions
- References
Career
Zerey was ordained a priest on 5 May 1967 and started Working at the Patriarchal College School in Cairo in 1967, and in 1972 he was appointed as director of the Patriarchal College School in Heliopolis. At the same time was a patron of the Church of St. Joseph in Al Zaytoon- Cairo since 1985 to 2001, and president of the second-degree spiritual Court.
On 22 June 2001 was appointed titular Archbishop of Damiata and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch. He was consecrated bishop on 9 November 2001 by Patriarch Gregory III Laham, assisted by co-consecrators Archbishops Elias Zoghby and Paul Antaki. On 22 June 2001 Zerey was appointed Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria and Syncellus for the Melkite Church in Egypt and Sudan.
On 4 June 2008 Zerey was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Jerusalem. During 2010 Zerey was a participant in the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East in Rome. At the synod he published an intervention discussing the need to re-evangelize Christians living in the Holy Land and announcing the creation of a new international center for family spirituality in Nazareth.