Pierre-Macario Saba

Pierre-Macario Saba[1] (born on 14 February 1873 in Aleppo, Syria - died on 28 July 1943) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo in Syria.

Life

Pierre-Macario Saba received on March 3, 1898 his ordination to the priesthood. On 29 November 1903 he received a simultaneous appointment as auxiliary bishop in Alexandria and Titular Bishop of Palmyra. Patriarch Cyril VIII Geha of Antioch consecrated him on the same day to the bishop. His co-consecrators were Archbishop Gaudenzio Bonfigli, OFM (Titular Bishop of Cabasa and Apostolic Delegate of Egypt) and Bishop Joseph Dumani, BS from Tripoli in Lebanon.

On June 25, 1919, he was appointed Archbishop of Aleppo and remained until his death in this responsibility.[2]

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