Michel Sabbah
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|---|---|
| Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem | |
| Archdiocese | Jerusalem |
| See | Jerusalem |
| Appointed | 11 December 1987 |
| Installed | 6 January 1988 |
| Term ended | 21 June 2008 |
| Predecessor | Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti |
| Successor | Fouad Boutros Twal |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1955 by Alberto Gori |
| Consecration | 6 January 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1933 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Styles of Patriarch Michael Sabbah | |
|---|---|
| Reference style | His Beatitude |
| Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | n/a |
Michel Sabbah (Arabic: ميشيل صباح; born 19 March 1933) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold the position in more than five centuries.