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Paul Bassim
Paul Bassim, O.C.D., (November 14, 1922 – August 21, 2012) was a Lebanese bishop of the Catholic Church.
Biography.
Bassim was born in Zgharta, Lebanon and as a young man became a friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on June 29, 1946.
Bassim was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut for which he was appointed as the titular bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum on September 8, 1974 and consecrated on
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