Career
Saba Youakim was ordained to the priesthood on November 30, 1939 to be chaplain of the Ordo Basilianus Sanctissimi Salvatoris Melkitarum (Bachelor of Science). He was appointed Archimandrite in 1968 and Superior general of his religious community. On September 9, 1968, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Scythopolis and consecrated on September 29, 1968.
His episcopal ordination wascelebrated the Patriarch of Antioch Maximos V Hakim, as co-consecrators served the archbishops Eftimios Youakim, Bachelor of Science of Zahle and Furzol and Nicolas Hajj, Study Direct Stream, of Banyas.
On October 15, 1970, Youakim received the appointment as Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia in Jordan and was the successor of the Archbishop Mikhayl Assaf. On August 24, 1992, he resigned for reasons of age, and until his death on March 6, 2003 was Emeritus Archbishop.
He was succeeded by Archbishop Georges El-Murr. During his tenure, Youakim participated in the Second Vatican Council.
He ordinated Issam John Darwich priest and Anargyros Printezis to the episcopate.
Youakim was also co-consecrator of Archbishop Michel Hakim of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Archbishop François Abou Mokh, Bachelor of Science, Auxiliary Bishop in Antioch, Bishop Ercole Lupinacci of Lungro, and future Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Gregory III Laham, Bachelor of Science and Archbishop Andre Haddad, Bachelor of Science, of Zahle and Furzol.