Yousif Habash

Yousif Behnam Habash (Arabic: يوسف بهنام حبش; born 1 June 1951) is an Iraqi-born Syriac Catholic prelate who has served as Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States since 2010.

Biography Early life and education Born 1 June 1951 in Bakhdida, Iraq,

Ordination and ministry Habash was ordained a priest for the Archeparchy of Mosul on 31 August 1975 after which time he was assigned to a parish in his home town of Bakhdida and worked in youth ministry. He later served as vicar and then pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, in Basra.

Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark In April 2010, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the second eparch of the Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark. He was consecrated a bishop on 11 July 2010 by his predecessor Ephrem Joseph Younan, who had been elected Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians.

Eparch Habash's territory includes the United States, and 16,000 Syriac Catholics.