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Basil Haggiar

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Basilio Haggiar
BS
(Arch)Eparch of Sidon
Church Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Diocese Eparchy of Sidon
In office 16 June 1886 – 1919
Predecessor Theodose Kuomgi
Successor Athanase Khoriaty
Previous posts Archeparch of Bosra and Hauran (1881-1886)
Archeparchy of Bosra (1871-1881)
Orders
Consecration 1871
by Gregory II Youssef
Personal details
Born 6 January 1839
Died 1916 (aged 76–77)

Basilio Haggiar (6 January 1839 – 1919) was a Syrian archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria and Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon.

Life

Born on 6 January 1839, in Gezzin, Syria, Haggiar was appointed on 14 October 1871 as Bishop of Bosra and Hauran in Syria and was consecrated on 24 October 1871 to the bishopric. With the establishment of the Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in 1881, he has been implemented as Archbishop of Bosra and Hauran. In 1887, Haggiar took over the archbishopric of Sidon in Lebanon and died in 1919 after 47 years of episcopal life. His successor in Bosra and Hauran was Archbishop Nicolas Cadi and Atanasio Khoriaty in Sidon.