Kamal Hanna Bathish

Kamal-Hanna Bathish was a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2007.

Biography

Kamal-Hanna Bathish was born in Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine on 6 December 1931. In 1955, he was ordained to the priesthood. In 1993, he was appointed a bishop by Pope John Paul II. Bathish was appointed Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana and appointed auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. He received his episcopal consecration on 3 July 1993, by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah and his co-consecrators were Salim Sayegh and Guerino Dominique Picchi. On 29 October 1994, Kamal Hanna Bathish was appointed Titular Bishop of Ierichus. He continued to work in Jerusalem as a bishop until his retirement on 9 June 2007.
On 23 June 2025, Bathish died in Jerusalem, at the age of 93.