Career
On 22 June 2001 he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of Greek Melkites and Curial Bishop and Auxiliary Bishop in the Melkite Patriarchate. Melkite Patriarchate of Antioch Gregory III Laham, Bachelor of Science, was his consecrator and the co-consecrators were Archbishop Jean Mansour, SMSP, titular archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti and Archbishop Joseph Kallas, SMSP, Archeparch of Beirut and Jbeil, on September 2, 2001. From 2001 to 2006 he was Superior General of his religious community.
Since 2007 he is Patriarchal Vicar in the Archdiocese of Damascus and triggered Archbishop Isidore Battikha from the office of Archbishop of Homs.
He assisted as co-consecrator at the Episcopal Ordination of Yasser Ayyash, Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia in Jordan. Joseph Absi since 2001 is President of the Syrian Caritas (Commission Commune de Bienfaisance (CCB)) and forwards with three full-time members more than 40 projects in Damascus, Aleppo and Hassake.
He composed for the singer Marie Keyrouz "L"Ensemle De Louisiana Paix", a hymn that on the Civil Defense was released "Cantiques De L"Orient". As a participant in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (Catholic) for the Middle East in October 2010, Absi was the final bulletin to comment.
He makes the statement, saying that in a variety of texts usually "lieutenant is important", "lieutenant is necessary", "lieutenant"s obvious," "lieutenant"s safe," "There must be" "or" "We need to".
You should allow bi-ritualism, so that no parish without church remains, no matter what the church she belongs.".