Joseph Hitti

Joseph Habib Hitti was a Lebanese-born Australian Maronite Catholic eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of [Saint Maron of Sydney] from 23 November 1990 until 26 October 2001.

Life

Hitti was born in Aitou, Greater Lebanon, France. On 24 March 1951 he was ordained to the priesthood. Pope [John Paul II] appointed him, on 23 November 1990, bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney. The Pope personally ordained him as a bishop on 6 January 1991. The co-consecrators were the curia archbishops Giovanni Battista Re, substitute of the Secretariat of State (Holy See), and Justin Francis Rigali, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops. On 4 March 1991, Hitti was inducted to the office.
On 26 October 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted Hitti's age-related resignation. He died on 3 February 2022, at the age of 96.