| |
---|---|
Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem | |
Archdiocese | Jerusalem |
See | Jerusalem |
Appointed | 11 December 1987 |
Installed | 6 January 1988 |
Term ended | 21 June 2008 |
Predecessor | Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti |
Successor | Fouad Boutros Twal |
Orders | |
Ordination | 29 June 1955 by Alberto Gori |
Consecration | 6 January 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Styles of Patriarch Michael Sabbah | |
---|---|
Reference style | His Beatitude |
Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | n/a |
Michel Sabbah (Arabic: ميشيل صباح; born 19 March 1933) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold the position in more than five centuries.