Nicholas Samra

His Grace, The Most Reverend Nicholas James Samra
Eparch Emeritus of Newton
Bishop Nicholas delivering a homily during a Memorial Service a Ukrainian Catholic Church in 2008.
Church	Melkite Greek Catholic
See	Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton
Appointed	June 15, 2011
Installed	August 23, 2011
Retired	August 21, 2022
Predecessor	Cyril Salim Bustros
Successor	Francois Beyrouti
Other post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Eparch of Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton and Titular Bishop of Gerasa (1989-2005)
Orders
Ordination	May 10, 1970
Consecration	July 6, 1989 by Joseph Elias Tawil, Michel Hakim, and Boutros Raï
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-15) August 15, 1944 (age 80) Paterson, New Jersey
Motto	Steward Of The Mysteries

Styles of Nicholas James Samra
Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Eparch

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Nicholas James Samra (born August 15, 1944) is a Syrian American prelate who served as Eparch of Newton in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 2011 to 2022. He also served as Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City from 2015 to 2019. Samra has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism and the Eastern Catholic Churches.