Background
Younan, Joseph was born on November 15, 1944 in Hassakeh, Syria. Came to the United States, 1986.
Younan, Joseph was born on November 15, 1944 in Hassakeh, Syria. Came to the United States, 1986.
Attended, Our Lady Deliverance Seminary, Charfet, Lebanon. Licentiate in Philosophy and Theology, Urbaniana University, Rome.
Ordained priest, 1971. Director Our Lady of Deliverance Seminary, Charfet, instructor. Director catechesis Diocese of Hassakeh.
Pastor Church of Annunciation, Beirut, 1980—1986. Established Our Lady of Deliverance, New Jersey, 1986, Sacred Heart Syriac Catholic Mission, Los Angeles, 1991, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, San Diego, 1994. Ordained bishop, 1996.
Bishop Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), 1995—2009. Coordinator Sacred Congregation for Eastern Rite Churches, apostolic delegate. Patriarch Archdiocese of Antiochia, Syria, since 2009.