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His Grace, the Right Reverend '''Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Brooklyn''' was a [[bishop]] of the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]] as Bishop of Montreal from 1927 to 1931 and of the [[OCA|Russian Metropolia]] as Bishop of Brooklyn from 1931 to his repose in 1933.  Prior to his episcopal consecration, he served as the [[archdeacon]] of St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]].

==Life==
Born Rizkallah Abouhatab in 1890 in Damask.

He served as archdeacon to St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]] during the first decades of the twentieth century and was subsequently [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]].

On [[September 11]], 1927, Fr. Emmanuel was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Montreal by [[Archbishop]] [[Aftimios Ofiesh|Aftimios (Ofiesh)]] and Bishops [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] and [[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg|Arseny (Chagovtsov)]] as [[vicar]] to Abp. Aftimios to administer the Syrian parishes in Canada under the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]].

In 1930, Emmanuel broke with Aftimios and rejoined the Russian Metropolia, taking Aftimios's previous episcopal see of Brooklyn at the appointment of [[Metropolitan]] [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York]].

In addition to his efforts organizing the churches of the Syrian mission, Bp. Emmanuel was the editor of the mission publication ''Al Kalimat'' (now ''[[The Word (magazine)|The Word Magazine]]''). 

Bp. Emmanuel reposed on [[May 29]], 1933, and the remaining Syrian parishes under the Russians were released to the [[Church of Antioch]].  His body was later moved to the [[Antiochian Village]] in Ligonier, Pennsylvania where he is buried in the same grave as St. Raphael of Brooklyn.

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{{succession|
before=?
| title=Bishop of Montreal<br>([[American Orthodox Catholic Church|AOCC]])
| years=1927-1930
| after=[[Joasaph (Skorodumov) of Buenos Aires|Joasaph (Skorodumov)]]}}
{{succession
| before=[[Aftimios Ofiesh]]
| title=Bishop of Brooklyn<br>([[OCA|Metropolia]])
| years=1930-1933
| after=[[Macarius (Ilyinsky) of New York|Macarius (Ilyinsky)]]}}
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== Sources==
*''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York
*[http://www.stnicholascathedral.org/history2.html Post St. Raphael Era to the Present]
*[http://www.archdiocese.ca/f_history/bishops.htm List of Canadian Bishops]

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[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Montreal]]
[[Category:Bishops of Brooklyn]]