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Gazal was born in Machgara, Lebanon.
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Salim Ghazal
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He was the auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch from 2001 to 2005. In 1962 Father Ghazal was assigned to an area near Sidon, Lebanon. The center sponsors symposiums, lectures, conferences and weekly discussion groups to encourage inter-religious cooperation.
The organization also supports a retirement home, works with Habitat for Humanity to offer no-profit homeownership loans and offers computer training and Internet access.
Gazal served as Apostolic Administrator of Sidon (Lebanon) from 1985 to 1987. He was the Superior General of the Basilian Salvatorian Order from July 17, 1995 to June 22, 2001.
On June 22, 2001 Gazal was named Titular Bishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne and Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Syria. He was ordained a bishop on August 5, 2001 by Patriarch Grégoire III Laham, Bachelor of Surgery The principal co-consecrators were Archbishops Georges Kwaïter, Bachelor of Surgery of the Archeparchy of Saida and Jean Mansour, South.M.S.P., Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Antiochia.
From 2001 to 2006 Bishop Gazal served as Bishop of the Melkite Curia.
In 2001 Bishop Ghazal became the first national chairman for Habitat for Humanity Lebanon. His resignation as auxiliary bishop was accepted on April 14, 2005. At the request of Bishop Ghazal he was interred at his beloved Monastery of the Holy Saviour in Saida, Lebanon.
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church