Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch and archbishop of Aleppo from 1995 to 2021, died on May 9, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 83.
Born in Aleppo on March 3, 1943, he was ordained to the priesthood on April 15, 1968, and was appointed archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo in August 1995. The Patriarch of Antioch, Maximos V Hakim, ordained him to the episcopacy in September 1995.
Jeanbart also served as Apostolic Visitor in Western Europe of the Greek Melkites.
Jean-Clément Jeanbart, 83, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Aleppo (1995–2021).