Gregory III Laham

His Beatitude Gregory III Laham B.S.
Melkite Greek Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch
Native name	غريغوريوس الثالث لحام
Church	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See	Antioch
Elected	November 29, 2000
Installed	December 5, 2000
Term ended	May 6, 2017
Predecessor	Maximos V Hakim
Successor	Youssef I Absi
Other post(s)	Bishop of Damascus
Orders
Ordination	February 15, 1959
Consecration	November 27, 1981 by Maximos V Hakim
Personal details
Born	Lutfy Laham (1933-12-15) December 15, 1933 (age 90) Darayya, Syria
Denomination	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Residence	Syria Lebanon
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Melkite Greek Archbishop of Jerusalem (1981–2000) Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti (1981–2000)
Alma mater	Holy Savior Seminary
Motto	Directione in agape
Coat of arms

Gregory III Laham, B.S. (Arabic: غريغوريوس الثالث لحام; Latin: Gregorius III Lahamus; born Lutfy Laham, December 15, 1933, in Darayya, Syria), Emeritus Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem, is the former spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected on November 29, 2000, succeeding Patriarch Maximos V Hakim. He retired on May 6, 2017.^[1]

He took the name Gregory in honor of Patriarch Gregory II Youssef, who was the last member of his religious order, the Basilian Salvatorian Order, to be elected Patriarch. Gregory III, who studied in Rome, Italy, and is multilingual, is also the author of several books on Eastern Catholic spirituality and theology.

In addition, he served as the Spiritual Protector of the United Obediences (formerly the Paris and Malta Obediences until 2008) of the Order of Saint Lazarus.