Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
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New South Wales
- V. Rev. Fr Nicholas Shehadie, exarch of Australia and New Zealand, 1913-1934.
- V. Rev. Fr Michael Shehadie, parish priest of St George Church, Redfern, 1934-51.
V. Rev. Exarch Malatius Hussney was from Tripoli Mina, Lebanon. Assisted by his Khourieh Adele and their family, he was rector of St George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Redfern, NSW, Australia, from February 1953 until his repose on 29 October 1956. He was the father of Essay Hussney, ordained as Fr Malatius (Essam) Hussney.
During his time as rector, the foundation stone of the parish of St George was laid in October 1953 by Greek Orthodox Archbishop Theophylactos, and the first services in the as-yet unfinished church were the Pascha services of 1954. The iconostasis of Queensland maple was finished in 1956, before his repose.
Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand | ||
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Preceded by: Michael Shehadie |
Exarch of Australia (in Sydney) (Church of Antioch) 1953-1956 |
Succeeded by: Anthony Woolf |
Rt Rev. Archim. Anthony (Woolf) was the rector of St George Antiochian Orthodox Church Redfern, NSW, and Patriarchal Exarch to Australia, arriving 6 April, 1957 Under his guidance the Antiochian Orthodox Church in Australia was active in the Australian Council of Churches.
He was described as 'very popular with young people because [with him] they understood what was happening. Most of all he would take them out on trips, such as to Luna Park. When he came to visit, families felt proud of themselves because he parked his big American car outside. He would sit with all the children in the kitchen.'
'Father Anthony left for Damascus for a trip on 12 February 1961 and died en route at Cairo in April 1961.' (St George Cathedral and its People, 2004, p. 40)
Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand | ||
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Preceded by: Malatius Hussney |
Exarch of Australia (in Sydney) (Church of Antioch) 1957-1961 |
Succeeded by: Nicolas Mansour |
Rev Fr Stephen Godley was a priest of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. He is author of The Eastern Orthodox in Australia, which was published in 1996 by the Australian Government Publishing Service. In 2000 he left the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese.
Rev. Fr John Shehadie, born 1908, was the second son of Rev. Exarch Nicholas Shehadie to be ordained priest. Part of Bp Gibran's plans when he came to Australia included the building of a new church in the western suburbs of Sydney, and so, St Nicholas Church was built in Punchbowl, a suburb once referred to as 'little Lebanon' (in the same way as Redfern was once referred to as 'little Syria'). Fr John served here from 1973 until his retirement in 1987. Among the Arabic-speaking community, he was usually known as 'Fr Hanna' (being the abbreviation of his originally-Arabic name)
V. Rev. Fr Nicolas Mansour was the Exarch of the Church of Antioch for Australia and New Zealand, and was the Rector of St George Antiochian Orthodox Church, and then Dean of St George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, 1962-2005.
Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand | ||
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Preceded by: Sydney: Anthony Chidiac Melbourne: George Haydar |
Patriarchal Exarch of Australia and New Zealand (Church of Antioch) 1962-1969 |
Succeeded by: Gibran (Ramlawey), Patriarchal Vicar |
- Rt Rev. Archim. Nabil (Kachab), vicar-general of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand, 2005-present.
- V. Rev. Protopresbyter Mitko Machevski, parish priest of St Nicholas Church, Bankstown, 1997-present.
Melbourne
- Rt Rev. Fr Antonious (Mobayed), was representative of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, 1914-1929, and the founding priest of St Nicholas Church, East Melbourne, 1931-1943.
V. Rev. Fr George Haydar was a priest who served in Melbourne, Australia, between 1948 and 1962, and also as Exarch of the Church of Antioch from his arrival until the arrival of Fr Malatius Hussney in Sydney.
Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand | ||
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Preceded by: Antonious (Mobayed) |
Exarch of Australia (Church of Antioch) 1948-1953 |
Succeeded by: Malatius Hussney (Sr) |
Rev. Fr Malatius (Essam) Hussney was born Essam Hussney, son of Rev. Exarch Malatius Hussney; he was ordained after his father's repose and given the name 'Malatius' in honour of his father. He served at St Nicholas Church, East Melbourne, between 1968-77, and then served parishes in the USA.
New Zealand
Rev. Hmk Nicholas (Manovitch) was the founding priest of St Michael Orthodox Church, Dunedin. He appears to have received ordination from a bishop in Canada that was outside the Orthodox Church, then went to New Zealand where he encouraged the Orthodox Syrians to found St Michael's, and went to Australia where he had close ties to the Bolshevik group in Brisbane. He was arrested for extortion, demanding outrageous amounts of money for baptisms and weddings, and disappeared from the religious scene when Fr Paul Korchinsky came to Australia, at the request of the Russian Imperial Consul-General. He died in 1925 and is buried in Queensland.
Source: V. Rev. Fr Michael Protopopov, The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia, p24-35. (warning: large file)
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