The Episcopal Ordination of Fr. Dr. Ghaleb Bader, appointed from Pope Benedict XVI as the Archbishop of Algeria, is going to take place on Thursday, 17th of July, 2008, at 5.00 p.m. at the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Amman- Jordan.
New Patriarch Fouad Al-Twal will preside the celebration, along with the resigned Patriarch Michael Sabbah, together with the Latin Patriarchate Vicar Bishop Salim Sayegh, as well as the resigned Archbishop of Algeria Bishop Henri Teisseir, and a large number of bishops and priests.
Bishop Ghaleb Bader will celebrate his first Pontifical Mass, on Friday, 18th of July, 2008, at Mar-Elias Parish in his birth town, Al-Wahadneh, Jordan, at 10.00 a.m.