Paul (Saliba) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines
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His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Archbishop Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand (born July 10, 1939) is the current primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand.
Early Life
On the tenth of July, Badih Saliba was born in Bsarma El-Koura, in the northern part of Lebanon. Some have speculated on relations with Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) on the basis of their surnames and similar vocation; but aside from being members of the Saliba tribe, well-known in the Levant for over 800 years, they are not especially related.
Tertiary Education
Badih enrolled at Seminary College, Balamand, in 1952 with the support of Metropolitan Abourjeili. Five years later, he was tonsured a monk with the name of Paul and sent to the seminary on Patmos, Greece. A year later, he was ordained a deacon by Metropolitan Abourjeili and went to the University of Athens for further theological studies.
1963 saw Deacon Paul graduate and serve in Tripoli under Metropolitan Elias (Kurban) of Tripoli. Dcn Paul was appointed teacher to Orthodox schools, member of the spiritual court and secretary to the diocesan board. In 1965, Ignatius (Hazim), the superior of Balamand Monastery (now Patriarch of Antioch), appointed Dcn Paul as teacher at the Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary. The next year, Metropolitan Elias ordained him to the priesthood and, in the same service, made him an Archimandrite.
America
After two more years, in 1968, Archimandrite Paul leaves Lebanon for the USA. He is assigned by Metropolitan Philip to St Ilyan's Church in Bransville, Pennsylvania, and enrolls in a Bachelor of World Civilisations at Pittsburg University, graduating in 1970, whereupon he began a course in Education. In the same year, Archim. Paul is moved to a church in New Kensington and begins a doctorate in World Civilisations. This doctorate was not completed, with three of the four components completed. His course in education, however, was graduated from in 1972.
In 1979, Archim. Paul was moved to Washington D.C., where, in response to the needs of his flock, he completed an 18 month course as a drug and alcohol counsellor. Archim. Paul began a weekly radio programme in 1989 and a weekly TV programme in 1990. While the radio programme ended in 1995, the TV programme is still running to the present day.
Metropolitan Archbishop
On the fifth of October, 1999, Archimandrite Paul was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand, and was consecrated on the 10th in Damascus, Syria. He has led the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand to the present day.
Paul (Saliba) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines | ||
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Preceded by: Gibran (Ramlawey) |
Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania (Antiochian) 1999-present |
Succeeded by: — |
External link
- Official Biography from the official website of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
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