Paul Antaki

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Paul Antaki (January 16, 1927 – December 29, 2011) was the Melkite Greek Catholic titular archbishop of Nubia and auxiliary bishop.

Ordained in 1950, Antaki became bishop in 1968 retiring in 2001.^[1]

He served as Protosyncellus and Patriarchal Exarch of the Milkite Patriarch in Egypt and the Sudan from 9 September 1968 to 22 June 2001.^[2]

Archbishop Paul Antaki was born in Cairo on January 16 1927. Having obtained both French and Egyptian baccalaureates, he studied theology at the Seminary of St. Anne of Jerusalem from 1946 to 1951. Ordained on July 2 1950, he was appointed parish priest in Alexandria from 1951 to 1954, then Superior of the Patriarchal College in Cairo, 1954-1957, Secretary of the Patriarchate of Alexandria from 1957 to 1960 and Vicar of Alexandria from 1960 to 1966. In 1966 he was appointed Superior of the Minor Seminary of Rayak, a position he held until his episcopal ordination. Appointed Patriarchal Vicar for Egypt and Sudan in 1967, he was elected by the Synod on September 9 1968, Titular Archbishop of Nubia, and consecrated on December 1 at Beirut Cathedral by Patriarch Maximos V, assisted by Archbishops Elias Zoghby and Joseph Tawil. Emeritus on June 21 2001. ^[3]

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Name	Antaki, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	Melkite Greek Catholic titular archbishop:Nubia/auxiliary bishop
Date of birth	January 16, 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	December 29, 2011
Place of death

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