On 25 March 1912 Youakim was ordained priest and appointed chaplain of the Melkite Basilians of the Most Holy Redeemer. The appointment as bishop of Zahle and Fourzol took place on October 30, 1926. The Patriarch of Antioch
Cyril IX Moghabghab consecrated him bishop on 9 December 1926. With the elevation of the bishopric of Zahle and Fourzol in 1964 to Archdiocese Youakim was appointed archbishop. After his age-appropriate retirement on 21 August 1971, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Scythospolis. Youakim participated from 1962 to 1965 in all sessions of the
Second Vatican Council. He was co-consecrator of Archbishop
Saba Youakim, BS, of Petra and Philadelphia in Jordan. He was succeeded by Archbishop
Jean Bassoul, BS. == See also ==