Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian)
The Holy Father has granted his assent to the election by the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Syrians of the Reverend Chorbishop Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami as archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria. Curriculum vitae Msgr. Joseph Abdel-Jalil Chami was born on 15 August 1959 in Zahlé, Lebanon. In 1972 he entered the seminary and in 1982 he completed his studies at the Saint-Esprit University in Kaslik, Lebanon. He was ordained a priest on 21 June 1987, and until 1992 he held the role of treasurer of the Charfet Seminary. He then exercised his ministry as a parish priest in various parishes: Sainte Therese in Zahlé, the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Beirut, Saint Anthony the Great in Jounieh and Saints Behnam and Sara at al Fanar, at the same time holding the office of promotor of justice and notary at the Patriarchal Court of First Instance. On 13 October 2019, he was appointed as patriarchal administrator of the archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria, and on 18 June 2017 he was ordained chorbishop. Besides Arabic, he knows French and English.