Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Installed
4 August 1961
Term ended
29 July 1962
Predecessor
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Successor
Gustavo Testa
Other post(s)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio
Orders
Ordination
25 December 1920 by Isaias Papadopoulos
Consecration
16 April 1961 by Pope John XXIII
Personal details
Born
Léon Gabriel Coussa
(1897-08-03)3 August 1897
Aleppo, Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died
29 July 1962(1962-07-29) (aged 64) Rome, Italy
Buried
Sant'Atanasio
Nationality
Syrian
Denomination
Melkite Catholic
Previous post(s)
Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law (1946–1961)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti (1961–1962)
Motto
Misericordiam Et Veritatem Diligit Dominus
Styles of Gabriel Acacius Coussa
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
See
Sant'Atanasio
Gabriel Acacius Coussa, BA (3 August 1897 – 29 July 1962) was a Syrian Melkite Catholic archbishop, expert in canon law and cardinal. He served as secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches and was the first Eastern Catholic to hold this position.
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