Career
On February 2, 1966 Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty was ordained a priest of the Basilian Order. With simultaneous appointment as titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae he received on 12 October 1995, the appointment as Apostolic Exarch in Venezuela. The Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim was the main consecrator on 21 December 1995 and the co-consecrators were Archbishop Elias Nijmé, Bachelor from Tripoli (Lebanon) and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch Archbishop Jean Mansour, SMSP.
Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty was represented in October 2010 as a delegate to the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East.
His exact words were: "We, the emigrants from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and - allow me to say it - Egypt, our country will always love you and stay close to our country and our origins.
There are numerous men and women that can give the religious impulses and with scientific and economic generosity in the countries can be active, welcome us with open arms.".
