Fr. Gaby HACHEM

Faculty of Religious Studies
Higher Institute of Religious Studies

Professor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext gaby.hachem@usj.edu.lb

editor in Chief of the ecumenical Journal Proche-Orient Chrétien founded in Jerusalem by the White Fathers in 1951 and transferred to Beirut in 2015. Professor at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology - Holy Spirit University of Kaslik since 2001. Secretary of the episcopal theological and biblical commission in the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon since 2009 (APECL) Member of the International Theological Commission (CTI) at the Vatican. Appointed by Pope Francis in 2014. Appointed by Pope Francis for a second mandate (2021-2026) Member of the Theologians Commission in the Synod of Bishops – Rome to accompany the Synodal Process (2021-2023) Consultor to the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops – Rome since January 2024 Co-Founder and Chairman of the Foundation Jean Corbon since 2017. Author of books and articles on Ecumenical Movement, Oriental Theology and Christian Presence in the Middle East.

Highest degree : PhD in Theology - Université catholique de Louvain - Belgium