{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | name = Denys Gaith | honorific_suffix = BC | title = Archeparch of Homs | church = Melkite Greek Catholic Church | archdiocese = Archeparchy of Homs | term = 19 August 1971 – 22 March 1986 | predecessor = Jean Bassoul | successor = Abraham Nehmé | ordination = 8 September 1937 | consecration = 12 September 1971 | consecrated_by = Maximos V Hakim | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|3|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Yabroud, Damascus Sanjak, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|3|22|1910|3|19|df=y}} }}
'''Denys Gaith''', BC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/homs0.htm|title=Archeparchy of Homs, Syria (Greek-Melkite Rite)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/asien2.htm |title=Asien2 |access-date=2015-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702013321/http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/asien2.htm |archive-date=2017-07-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (19 March 1910 in Yabroud, Syria – 22 March 1986) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs in Syria.
==Life==
Denys Gaith was ordained on 8 September 1937 and became the Chaplain of the Saint John the Baptist Basilians. The Assembly of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church elected him on 19 August 1971 as successor of Jean Bassoul as Archbishop of Homs. Melkite Patriarch Maximos V Hakim was his consecrator and his co-consecrators were Archbishop Athanase Oh-Chaer, BC and Archbishop Nicolas Hajj, SDS on 12 September 1971. Gaith held office until his death, when he was succeeded by Abraham Nehmé.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgaith.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120419194326/http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Church3.shtml#Homs
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