Georges Khawam

Georges Salim Khawam S.M.S.P. (born 7 April 1959) is a Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, who has served as the Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Latakia since 2021.

Biography Georges Khawam was born on 7 April 1959 in Aleppo, Syria. He also completed a degree in French literature from Damascus University and made further biblical studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

Following his ordination, Khawam held several key academic, pastoral, and leadership roles within his religious institute. He served as a teacher, director of studies, vice-rector of the seminary, and director of the St. Paul Institute for Philosophy and Theology in Harissa, additionally managing the Paulist publishing house. Between 2007 and 2011, he undertook pastoral ministry in France, serving as the rector of the Melkite parish of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre in Paris. Upon returning to Lebanon, he served as the superior of the Paulist community in Jounieh and Harissa, before being elected Superior General of the Missionaries of Saint Paul from 2013 to 2019. At the conclusion of his mandate as Superior General, he was appointed superior of the Convent of Saints Constantine and Helen in Harissa. He was consecrated as a bishop on 16 October 2021 by Melkite Patriarch Youssef Absi, with Georges Nicholas Haddad and Cyril Salim Bustros serving as co-consecrators.