Joseph Hitti

{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = Joseph Habib Hitti | title = Eparch of Saint Maron of Sydney | native_name = چوزيف حبيب حتى | native_name_lang = ar | church = Maronite Church | diocese = Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney | term = 23 November 1990 – 26 October 2001 | predecessor = Ignace Abdo Khalifé | successor = Ad Abi Karam | ordination = 24 March 1951 | consecrated_by = Pope John Paul II | consecration = 6 January 1991 | ordained_by = {{ill|Émile Blanchet|fr}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|9|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Aitou, Mandatory Greater Lebanon, French Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|3|1925|9|30|df=y}} | death_place = Beirut, Lebanon }}

'''Joseph Habib Hitti''' (30 September 1925 – 3 February 2022) was 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.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zmar1.htm gcatholic.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhitti.html Bishop Joseph Habib Hitti]</ref>

==Life== Hitti was born in Aitou, Greater Lebanon, France. On 24 March 1951 he was ordained to the priesthood. Pope John Paul II appointed him, on 23 November 1990, bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney. The Pope personally ordained him as a bishop on 6 January 1991. The co-consecrators were the curia archbishops Giovanni Battista Re, substitute of the Secretariat of State (Holy See), and Justin Francis Rigali, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops. On 4 March 1991, Hitti was inducted to the office.

On 26 October 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted Hitti's age-related resignation. He died on 3 February 2022, at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lutto nell'episcopato |url=https://www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2022-02/quo-029/lutto-nell-episcopato.html |website=L'Osservatore Romano |access-date=7 February 2022 |date=5 February 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhitti.html Hitti's profile] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org

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