Yaacoub Semaan

Yaacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (born 2 May 1980) is a Lebanese-born Syriac Catholic hierarch, who has served as the Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem, Palestine and Jordan and the Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syrians since 2020.

Early life and education Born Camil Afram Antoine Semaan in Beirut, Lebanon, he entered the Charfet Seminary and studied philosophy and theology at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. In 2011, he obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Université La Sagesse in Beirut.

Priesthood He was ordained a priest on 24 June 2006 for the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch by Patriarch Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad.

On 15 April 2020, he was appointed Patriarchal Administrator of the Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Cairo and Patriarchal Administrator of Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Dependency of Sudan and South Sudan, serving in these roles until 7 October 2022.