Ignace Raad

Ignace Raad,[1][2] BS (20 December 1923 in Kafar-Nabrakh, Lebanon – 19 July 1999, Montreal, Quebec, Canada[3]) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon in Lebanon and judge at the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.

At the age of 11, Raad entered the monastery of the Melkite Basilian of the Most Holy Redeemer in Joun.

In 1947, his predecessor, Bishop Basile Khoury, BS, of Sidon, consecrated him deacon and the Patriarch of Antioch Maximos IV Sayegh ordained him on November 9, 1947, to the priesthood and he became Chaplain of the Melkite Basilian.

During this time, he became Archimandrite and was consecrated in other functions in the Archdiocese of Alexandria at the Melkite University as Professor of Religion, Chief Justice of the Patriarchal Appeals and Deputy Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria.

On October 30, 1981, Ignace Raad was consecrated bishop by Melkite Patriarch Maximos V Hakim and his co-consecrators were Archbishop Nicolas Hajj, SDS, and Archbishop François Abou Mokh, BS.