HE PAUL SALIBA- Motion made on 10 August 2017 by the Honourable David Clarke at the Parliament House of NSW

METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP PAUL SALIBA

The Hon. DAVID CLARKE ( 10:09 ): I move:

(1) That this House notes that:

(a) on Saturday 1 July 2017, his Eminence, Metropolitan

Archbishop Paul Saliba, of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese

of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, passed away aged 77; and

(b) his Eminence:

(i) was born by the name of Badih, in Bsarma El-Koura in

North Lebanon on 10 July 1939;

(ii) took the name Paul in 1957 when entering the

seminary;

(iii) was ordained as a deacon in 1958;

(iv) ministered in Tripoli, the University of Balamand, as

well as Bransville, New Kensington and Washington DC in the United

States; and

(v) was elected Metropolitan Archbishop to Australia and

New Zealand on 5 October 1999.

(2) That this House acknowledges his Eminence's great achievements

and his contribution to his congregations and community as well as Australia at

large.

(3) That this House sends its thoughts and prayers to the Antiochian

Orthodox Archdiocese community.

(4) That the President conveys this resolution of the House to the

Archdiocese.

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