Paul Bassim

Paul Bassim, OCD, (14 November 1922 – 21 August 2012) was a Lebanese bishop of the Catholic Church.

Bassim was born in Zgharta, Lebanon and as a young man became a friar of the Discalced Carmelites.

Bassim was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut for which he was appointed as the titular bishop of Laodicea ad Libanum on 8 September 1974, and consecrated on 23 November 1974, by Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera.

He would hold the position of Vicar Apostolic until his retirement on 30 July 1999.

Bassim was a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.