The New York Times · 30 December 1987
CP-1987-023
Pope Names an Arab Priest
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To Be Patriarch in Jerusalem Special to The New York Times JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 - Pope John Paul Il has appointed an Arab priest who was born in Nazareth to be Patri- arch of Jerusalem for Latin Rite Catholics.
The priest, Michel Asaad Sabbah, president of Bethlehem University, is the first Palestinian to be appointed to the post since the patriarchate was es- tablished over 800 years ago. Father Sabbah, 54 years old, will re- place Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti, a 77- year-old Italian, who is retiring. The appointment was announced at the Vatican Monday.
"This is the first apointment of a Palestinian_patriarch in 1,000 years," said Elias Freij, the Mayor of Bethle- hem. "It is very, very significant. Father Sabbah is to be made patri- arch of Jerusalem on Jan. 6, in Rome. Although the Pope last week called for peace in the occupied territories, a Vatican spokesman said the appoint- ment was
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"Pope Names an Arab Priest," The New York Times, 30 December 1987. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1987-023. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1987-023
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