The Holy Father consented to the election of Chor-bishop Yousif (Joseph) Habash, pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Los Angeles) as 2nd bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance (Newark) by the Patriarch and bishops of the Syrian Catholic Church.Habash succeeds Bishop Joseph Younan (and read here) who was elected Patriarch of the Syrians in January 2009.
Bishop-elect Habash was born in Iraq in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1975. He's served the US eparchy since 2001.
A 2004 census notes the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance having 13,000 faithful.
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