Flaviano Al-Kabalan
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by Théophile Georges Kassab
Most Reverend Flaviano Rami Al-Kabalan | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Aretusa dei Siri | |
| Church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 28 March 2020 |
| Other posts | Patriarchal Procurator to the Holy See (since 2020); Apostolic Visitor for Syriac Catholics in Western Europe (since 2017); Apostolic Administrator of Homs (2021–2023) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 July 2005 by Théophile Georges Kassab |
| Consecration | 13 September 2020 by Ignatius Joseph III Yonan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rami Al-Kabalan 17 July 1979 |
| Education | |
| Motto | In verbo Tuo laxabo rete |
Flaviano Rami Al-Kabalan (born 17 July 1979) is Syrian-born Syriac Catholic hierarch, who serves as the Patriarchal Procurator of the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch to the Holy See. He is the Titular Bishop of Aretusa dei Siri and the Apostolic Visitor for Syriac Catholics in Western Europe.
Al-Kabalan was born in Zaydal, near Homs, Syria. He began his ecclesiastical studies at the Minor Seminary in Aleppo before moving to the Major Seminary in Charfet, Lebanon. He later moved to Rome, residing at the Pontifical Greek College of Saint Athanasius and the Pontifical French Seminary. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Théophile Georges Kassab for the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs on 16 July 2005.[1]
He holds a license in theology from the Pontifical Lateran University and a Doctorate in Eastern Canon Law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute (2015). From 2007 to 2011, he served as a parish priest in Al-Nabk and Yabroud. In 2013, he was appointed assistant to the patriarchal procurator in Rome and became the Postulator for the cause of beatification of Bishop Flavianus Michael Malke.[2]