Nicholas Samra

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Bishop Nicholas Samra

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Nicholas Samra (born August 15, 1944) is the former auxiliary bishop and protosyncellus of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Newton in the United States.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early Life 1.2 Episcopate 2 See also 3 External link:

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Life

Samra was born in Paterson, New Jersey to George H. Samra and Elizabeth Balady Samra. His grandparents and his father were immigrants to the United States from Aleppo, Syria. He was ordained a priest on May 10, 1970 and served as a pastor in Melkite parishes in Los Angeles, Chicago and New Jersey.

[edit] Episcopate

On April 21, 1989 Samra was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Eparchy of Newton. He was consecrated on July 6 of that year by Archbishop Joseph Tawil as titular bishop of Gerasa. Samra served as protosyncellus until his retirement on January 11, 2005.

An active speaker and author, Samra has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism, Christian leadership and stewardship. He has also published a multivolume history of the Melkite Church. He is the past president of the Eastern Catholic Association of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

[edit] See also

• Melkite Greek Catholic Church
• Gregory III Laham, current Patriarch
• Eparchy of Newton
• Cyril Salim Bustros, current eparch
• John Elya, former eparch

[edit] External link:

• Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem
• L'Église Melkite/The Melkite Church.
• Melkite Catholic Web Ring.
• Official Website of the Melkite Church in the US.
• Extensive history of the Melkite Church
• Melkite Ambassadors Young Adult Website.