John D. Faris

John D. Faris
Occupation	Maronite Catholic Priest, Author
Nationality	American
Genres	Theology, Canon Law
Notable work(s)	Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance

Chorbishop John D. Faris, a native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was born on January 18, 1951 and is a Maronite Catholic priest of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn.^[1] Archbishop Francis Mansour Zayek ordained him to the priesthood on July 17, 1976 at St. George Church in Uniontown, PA. Chorbishop Faris was created a Chaplain of His Holiness (Monsignor) in 1988 and was ordained a Chorbishop of the Maronite Church by Archbishop Francis Mansour Zayek in 1991. Also, he was appointed Chaplain iure sanguinis of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.

Education

In 1968, he attended Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA and later attended the Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, MI where in 1972 he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. While at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he received a baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (magna cum laude) in 1975. He then pursued studies in moral theology at St. Alphonse University. In 1980 he was awarded a doctorate degree in Eastern canon law (magna cum laude) from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome with a dissertation, The Communion of Catholic Churches: Ecclesiology and Terminology.

Current responsibilities

On June 1, 2009, Chorbishop Faris was appointed Pastor of Saint Louis Gonzaga Maronite Church in Utica, New York. He has an extensive Canon Law background and currently is a member of the Committee of Church Governance for the Canon Law Society of America.

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Chorbishop Faris is a member of the Board of Councilors for the Eastern Lieutancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and also serves as a Knight Commander of the Order. In October 2009, Faris received the Order's highest honor, the Golden Palm for his dedication and work for the Holy Land. He is heavily involved in recruiting new members and provides extensive lectures on the Order and the Holy Land.

Early Years

After completing his Doctorate he served as Vice Rector of St. Maron's Cathedral. Upon completing a year of service there, he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn. In 1980, he was appointed as Chancellor and Vicar General of the Eparchy for a period of 1980–1996. Prior to his appointment as Pastor of St. Louis Gonzaga Maronite Church in Utica, NY, he served as Deputy Secretary General of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. He serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America and served in the positions of President of the Canon Law Society of America^[2] and Secretary General of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches.

Ecumenical dialogues

In addition to his responsibilities in the Eparchy of Saint Maron, Chorbishop Faris serves as a Catholic Representative on the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation and the United States Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation. Froom 2007 - 2011 he served as a member of the Catholic Delegation on the Joint Working Group, a liaison body of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.^[3] He served as a Consultor for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Liaison Committee for Latin and Eastern Church Affairs (1992-96) and General Secretary of the Society for the Law or the Eastern Churches (1991-2000). Chorbishop Faris was elected President of the Canon Law Society of America in 1994. He is also is a member of the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Canon Law Society of India, the Eastern Canon Law Society of India and the Society of Eastern Canon law. Also, he serves on the editorial boards of Folia Canonica, Eastern Legal Though and Gratianus.

Bibliography

Presentations

• 24 March 2011 - Anti-Defamation League. "Catholic--But Not Roman: Governance Structures of Eastern Catholic Churches"

Books

• (Chair of CLSA Committee) Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Latin-English Edition—New English Translation. Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1995.
• Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance. Brooklyn, NY: Saint Maron Publications, 1992.
• The Communion of Catholic Churches: Terminology and Ecclesiology . Brooklyn, NY: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 1985.
• In collaboration with Pospishil, V. J. The New Latin Code of Canon Law and Eastern Catholics. Brooklyn, NY: Diocese of Saint Maron, 1984.

Articles

• "Canonical Issues in the Pastoral Care of Eastern Catholics." Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Convention of the Canon Law Society of America, 154-64. Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1991.
• “A Church Comes of Age: The Syro-Malankara Major Archiepiscopal Church.” Published in Commemoration Book of Syro-Malankara Catholic Conference August, 2006.
• "Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and Temporal Goods, The." Church Finance Handbook, Editors Kevin E. McKenna, Lawrence A. Di Nardo, and Joseph W. Pokusa, 27-43. Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1999.
• "The Codification and Revision of Eastern Canon Law." Studia Canonica 17 (1983): 449-85.
• "Eastern Churches in the Western World: Roots, Growth, Future." Catholic Near East 26, no. 6 (2000): 20-25.
• “Emerging From the Catacombs." Catholic Near East 24, no. 1 (1998).
• "Inter-Ritual Matters in the Revised Code of Canon Law." Studia Canonica 15 (1983): 239-59.
• "Interritual Matters in the Revised Code of Canon Law."50th International Congress of Canon Law, 821-23. Proceedings of the 50th International Congress of Canon Law: 1986.
• "One and Many Churches." Catholic Near East 24, no. 3 (1998): 16-21.
• "An Overview of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches." New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, Editors John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, and Green Thomas J., 27-44. New York: Paulist Press, 2000.
• "A Pearl Anniversary." Catholic Near East 20, no. 6 (1994): 20-25.———. "Penal Law in the Catholic Church: A Comparative Overview." Folia Canonica 2 (1999): 53-93.
• "The Reception of Baptized Non-Catholics into Full Communion." Acta Symposii Internationalis Circa Codicem Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium Kaslik, 24-29 Aprilis 1995., 159-77. Kaslik, Lebanon: Université Saint-Espirit, 1996.
• “A Road Map for the Maronite Church.” The Maronite Voice
• "Synodal Governance in the Eastern Catholic Churches." Proceedings of the 49th Annual Convention of the Canon Law Society of America., 212-26. Washington DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1987.
• “Territory and the Eastern Catholic Experience in the United States.” Folia Canonica 5 (2002) 51-58.
• "Toward a Recognition of the Status of the Eastern Churches in the Catholic Communion of Churches." The Living Light 32 (1996): 50-57.
• "Upon This Rock." Catholic Near East 25, no. 6 (199): 6-11.
• “The Synod of Bishops and Council of Hierarchs in the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches” Studies in Church Law
• “Byzantines in Italy: A Microcosm of an Evolving Ecclesiology.” The Jurist 67 (2007) 89-108.
• "At Home Everywhere--A Reconsideration of the Territorium Proprium of the Patriarchal Churches." The Jurist 69 (2009) 5-30.
• “Ascription in a Church sui iuris.” Diccionario General de Derecho Canónico. University of Navarra.
• “Latin Church” Diccionario General de Derecho Canónico. University of Navarra.
• "Eastern Churches in a Western World: Relationship to the Churches of Origin." Journal of St. Thomas Christians 21:2 (2010) 3-20.

Book reviews

• “The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Edited by Jose Chiramel and Kuriakose Bharanikulangara.” India: St. Thomas Academy for Research, 1992." Published in The Jurist 53:1 (1993): 216-19.
• "The Spirit of the Eastern Code. by George Nedungatt.” Rome: Centre for Indian and Inter-Religious Studies, 1993. Published in The Jurist 55 (1995): 407-9.
• “Two Codes in Comparison by Jobe Abbass With Foreword by Ivan Žužek.” Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 1997. Published in Orientalia Christiana Periodica 65, no. 2 (1999): 473-77.
• “Laity and Church Temporalities—Appraisal of a Tradition by George Nedungatt, S.J.” (Bangalore, India: Dharmaram Publications, 2000). Published in Studia Canonica 35/2 (2001) 535-537.
• “Commento al Codice dei Canoni delle Chiese Orientali by Pio Vito Pinto. (Città del Vaticano: Librerria Editrice Vaticana, 2001). Published in Studia Canonica 36/1 (2002) 259-260.
• “Vested in Grace: Priesthood and Marriage in the Christian East by Joseph J. Allen (ed.)” Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodx Press, 2001). Published in The Jurist 63/1 (2003) 200-202.
• “Comparative Sacramental Discipline in the CCEO and CIC, A Handbook for the Pastoral Care of Other Catholic Churches Sui Iuris by Francis J. Marini (ed.).” (Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 2003). Published in Studia Canonica 38/1 (2004) 266-269.
• "Dall’Oronte al Tevere. Scritti in onore del cardinale Ignace Moussa I Daoud per il cinquantesimo di sacerdozio, by Gianpaolo Rigotti (ed.)." (Rome: Edizioni “Orientalia Christiana,” 2004).” Published in The Catholic Historical Review (April 2007) 440-442.
• “Le Chiese sui iuris. Criteri di Individuazione e Delimitatione by Luis Okulik (ed.).” (Venice:Studium Generale Marcianum, 2005). Published in The Jurist 68 (2008) 2: 595-597.
• “Salvific Law: Salvific Character of CCEO, An Historical Overview by Thomas Kuzhinapurath.” (Trivandrum, India:MS Publications, 2008). Published in Studia Canonica 42(2009) 1: 269-270.
• "The Guidelines for the Revision of the Eastern Code: Their Impact on CCEO by Sunny Kokkaravaalayil." (Rome: Pontificio Istituo Orientale, 2009). Published in Studia Canonica

References

1. ^ St. Maron Eparchy
2. ^ CLSA
3. ^ Joint Working Group

Source

• Biographical Note in Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance

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Name	Faris, John D.
Alternative names
Short description	American Maronite Catholic priest
Date of birth	January 18, 1951
Place of birth	Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death
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