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Gregory III Laham

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Gregory III Laham, B.S. (Arabic: غريغوريوس الثالث لحام; Latin: Gregorius III Lahamus; born Lutfy Laham, December 15, 1933, in Darayya, Syria), Emeritus Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem, is the former spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected on November 29, 2000, succeeding Patriarch Maximos V Hakim. He retired on May 6, 2017. He took the name Gregory in honor of Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, who was the last member of his religious order, the Basilian Salvatorian Order, to be elected Patriarch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory III Laham is the 1,557th most popular religious figure (up from 1,602nd in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Syria (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gregory III Laham ranks 1,557 out of 3,187. Before him are Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Hudson Taylor, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Polyeuctus, and Catherine Eddowes. After him are Saint Mercurius, Kōdō Sawaki, Thomas of Villanova, Beatus of Liébana, John Tong Hon, and Aqil ibn Abi Talib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Gregory III Laham ranks 155. Before him are Viktor Patsayev, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Wendell R. Anderson, Josef Kadraba, Bernadette Chirac, and Tomas Milian. After him are Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Azeglio Vicini, Mátyás Szűrös, Hannelore Kohl, Michel Camdessus, and Debra Paget.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Gregory III Laham ranks 113 out of 210. Before him are Soraya Tarzi (1899), Dawoud Rajiha (1947), Alciphron (200), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Ibn Asakir (1105), and John Moschus (550). After him are Numenius of Apamea (200), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), Walid Muallem (1941), Salih Muslim (1951), Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), and Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Gregory III Laham ranks 17. Before him are Youssef Absi (1946), Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), John X of Antioch (1955), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), and Ibn Asakir (1105). After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Hilarion Capucci (1922), and Ibas of Edessa (400).

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