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Institutional missions

Responsibilities

Rectorate · Deanship · Directorship

01 1989–2009

Collège Notre-Dame
de Jamhour

Rector · 20 years of service

4 000

Pupils under his direction

Educational vision

A Jesuit pedagogy centred on integral human formation, dialogue and active citizenship.

Educational community

Leading school and spiritual life around Ignatian values in one of Lebanon's largest Jesuit institutions.

02 2008–2012

Faculty of Religious
Sciences — USJ

Dean

Academic development

Academic development, new statutes, innovative programmes in interreligious dialogue, scientific colloquia and an expanded list of faculty publications.

03 2010–2012

Institute of Oriental
Letters — USJ

Director

Language, civilisation & heritage

Arabic language and civilisation · International colloquia · Publications on the Christian East and Arabic literary heritage.

04 2012–2026

Université Saint-Joseph
de Beyrouth

Rector · Highest office

"Even in the most critical circumstances, cultural and intellectual resilience is not a luxury."

— Fr. Daccache S.J. · 2023

Vision of the university

USJ as a university of mission — open to the Arab and francophone world.

Institutional resilience

Leading USJ through the gravest crises in Lebanon's contemporary history.

International relations

Global partnerships · Jesuit networks · Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie.