Demetrius I Qadi

Demetrius I Qadi
Patriarch of Antioch
Church Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See Patriarch of Antioch
Installed March 29, 1919
Term ended October 25, 1925
Predecessor Cyril VIII Jaha
Successor Cyril IX Moghabghab
Orders
Consecration November 29, 1903 (Bishop)
by Cyril VIII Jaha
Personal details
Born January 18, 1861
Damascus, Ottoman Syria (modern-day Syria)
Died 25 October 1925(1925-10-25) (aged 64)

Demetrius I Qadi (or Dimitros I Cadi) (born on January 18, 1861 in Damascus, Syria - died on October 25, 1925) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.[1]

Life

Joseph Qadi was born in Damascus, Syria. Ordained a Melkite priest in 1888, Qadi was apointed Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem in 1895, resigning in 1898. he was appointed eparch of Aleppo on October 27, 1903 and ordained eparch on November 29, 1903 by patriarch Cyril VIII Jaha, being Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M, titular bishop of Cabasa, and Joseph Dumani, BS, Eparch of Tripoli, his co-consecrators.[2] On March 29, 1919 he was elected patriarch by the Melkite Synod of Bishops, being confirmed by the Holy See on July 3 of the same year. At that point the patriarchate had been vacant for three years since the death of Cyril VIII Jaha in 1916.

During his brief reign the Melkite Church experienced a rapid expansion in the Near East as situations for the Greek Catholics improved during the period of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. Demetrius also began radical reforms in the Melkite Church,[3][4] including preparations for Melkite councils to address canonical matters. However, Demetrius did not live to participate in these councils, and died on October 25, 1925. He was succeeded upon his death by Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab.

Consecrator of Melkite Eparchs

During his patriarchate he was consecrator of some Melkite eparchs:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Dick, Iganatios (2004). Melkites: Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholics of the Patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusale. Sophia Press. p. 39.
  2. ↑ "Patriarch Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Descy, Serge (1993). The Melkite Church. Boston: Sophia Press. p. 68.
  4. ↑ Gatti; Karalevsky (1942). I riti e le Chiese Orientali 1. Genoa. pp. 449–450.

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