Agapios Salomon Naoum, BS (1 August 1882 – 1 May 1967) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre in Lebanon.
Life edit
Agapios Naoum was ordained on 8 September 1907 Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian of the Most Holy Redeemer. On 3 November 1933, he was appointed as successor to Archbishop Maximos IV Sayegh to the see of Tyre and on 3 December 1933, by Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab was ordained bishop. On 15 October 1965[1] he resigned his duties as archeparch and with simultaneous appointment as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of Greek Melkites he became Professor Emeritus until his death on 1 May 1967. Naoum was succeeded by Archbishop Georges Haddad.
References edit
- ^ "Asien2". Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
External links edit
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnao.html
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tyrz0.htm
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