Joseph Hitti [SEP] position held
Joseph Hitti
Joseph Hitti or Joseph Habib Hitti (born 30 September 1925 in Aytou, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-born Australian Maronite Catholic eparch, Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney from 23 November 1990 until 26 October 2001.
Life.
Joseph Habib Hitti received on 24 March 1951 his priestly ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 23 November 1990 Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney. The Pope personally ordained him on January 6, 1991 bishop and his co-
until he retired in 1954. During World War II, he taught Arabic to servicemen at Princeton through the Army Specialized Training Program (including future Ambassador Rodger Paul Davies). Hitti was both Professor of Semitic Literature and Chairman of the Department of Oriental Languages. After formal retirement he accepted a position at Harvard University. He also taught in the summer schools at the University of Utah and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He subsequently held a research position at the University of Minnesota.
Biography Education and academic career Opinion on Arab-