Issam John Darwich, BS, (born 4 May 1945, Damascus, Syria) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol in Lebanon from 2011 to 2021.
In 1971 he was ordained a deacon and received on 17 September 1971, the ordination as a priest of the Melkite religious community "Ordo Basilianus Sanctissimi Salvatoris Melkitarum" (Order code: BS) by Archbishop Saba Youakim of Petra and Philadelphia (Jordan).
He was co consecrator of the Bishop Sleiman Hajjar, BS, eparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur in Montréal in Canada.
As a participant in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (Catholic) in Rome which took place in October 2010 whose theme was "Christians in the Middle East," he treated intervened with the final report.
He recalled the words of Pope Benedict XIV, denominated as:"The Church of Jesus Christ is not Latin nor Greek nor Slav, but Catholic."
Darwich regretted that these words would not be understood by all clergy in the Middle East as another critical remark based on the lack of communication,[4] among the Eastern Catholic Churches, that is superficial, run very little cooperation and is directed to the own advantages.
The Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church chose Issam John Darwich on 25 June 2010 as Archbishop of Zahle and Furzol.