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Paul Rouhana
Paul Rouhana, OLM (born 13 November 1954, in Amsheet, Lebanon) is Auxiliary bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh to Sarba. Life Paul Rouhana entered the OLM in 1971, making his religious vows on 17 January 1978, and receiving on 27 June 1982, the sacrament of ordination. On 16 June 2012 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular bishop of Antarados and chose him to be Auxiliary bishop to Sarba. Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, ordained him on 28 July of the same year to the episcopate. His co-consecrators were Emeritus Curia Bishop of Antioch, Samir Mazloum, Paul Youssef Matar, Archeparch of Beirut, the Curia Bishop of Antioch, Paul Nabil El-Sayah, Archbishop Emeritus of Archeparchy Antelias, Joseph Mohsen Béchara, the bishop of the Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar, Simon Atallah, OAM, the Bishop Emeritus of Cairo, François Eid, OMM, Bishop of the Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo, Edgard Madi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Maronite Order
The Baladites, formally known as the Lebanese Maronite Order (; abbreviated OLM), is a monastic order among the Levant-based, Catholic Maronite Church, which from the beginning has been specifically a monastic Church. The order was founded in 1694 in the Monastery of Mart Moura, Ehden, Lebanon, by three Maronite young men from Aleppo, Syria, under the patronage of Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy (1670–1704). The Aleppian monks of Aleppo, a city in present Syria resulted from a split with the Baladites. Pope Clement XIV sanctioned this separation in 1770. See also * Monastery of Qozhaya * Maronite Religious Institutes (Orders) ** Antonins ** Aleppians ** Kreimists or Lebanese missionaries * Melkite Religious Institutes (Orders) ** Basilian Chouerite Order ** Basilian Salvatorian Order ** Basilian Alepian Order The Basilian Aleppian Order (Latin: ''Ordo Basilianus Aleppensis Melkitarum''; French: ''Ordre Basilien Alepin'') is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Atallah
Simon Atallah, OAM (born on 10 January 1937 in Hemayri, Lebanon) is a Lebanese Maronite emeritus eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar. Life Simon Atallah joined the OAM and received on 8 December 1963 his ordination to the priesthood. The General Chapter elected him in 1999 Superior general of his order. The Synod of the Maronite Church elected him on 24 September 2005 eparch of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar. Pope Benedict XVI confirmed this election on 28 December 2005. His episcopal ordination was by the hands of the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on February 11, 2006 and his co-consecrators were Roland Aboujaoudé, auxiliary bishop of Antioch, and Tanios El Khoury, emeritus bishop of Sidon. Atallah exercised his office till March 14, 2015. The decision from 10 to 14 March 2015 of the Maronite Church's Synod convened to elect Hanna Rahme, OLM, as his successor. Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Byblos District
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21st-century Maronite Catholic Bishops
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Living People
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Lebanese Maronites
Lebanese Maronite Christians ( ar, المسيحية المارونية في لبنان; syc, ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ) are adherents of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, which is the largest Christian denomination in the country. The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church. The Lebanese Maronite Christians are believed to constitute about 30% of the total population of Lebanon according to election results. Lebanon's constitution was intended to guarantee political representation for each of the nation's ethno-religious groups. The Maronite Catholics and the Druze founded modern Lebanon in the early eighteenth century, through the ruling and social system known as the " Maronite-Druze dualism" in Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the National Pact between the various political and religious leaders of Lebanon, the president of the country must be a Maronit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Némé Baïssari
Francis Némé Baïssari (September 18, 1933 in Knat, Lebanon – February 24, 2015) was a Maronite Catholic bishop of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh. Life Ordained to the priesthood on 8 April 1962, Baïssari studied at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and obtained a title of Doctor of theology. He was pastor of in the Batroun. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 7 June 1991 titular bishop of Aradus and auxiliary bishop of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh. His episcopal ordination occurred on August 3, 1991 by the hands of Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. His co-consecrators were Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch, and Boutros Gemayel, Archbishop of Cyprus. Baïssari retiring of his duties as auxiliary bishop on June 11, 2011, due to age-related reasons. Sources * Catalogue raisonné of manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de la Residence Patriarcale Maronite 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy-Paul Noujaim
Guy-Paul Noujaim (born 7 July 1935 in Kfartay, Lebanon) is a Lebanese eparch and emeritus Auxiliary bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh. Life Guy-Paul Noujaim received on 11 June 1967 his priestly ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on June 9, 1990, Auxiliary bishop of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh and Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi. From 9 June 1990 to 1995 he was Patriarchal vicar of Antioch. Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, ordained him on 12 August 1990 to the episcopate. His co-consecrators were Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; syr, ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; ar, بشارة بطرس الراعي, Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; la, Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patri ..., OMM, Bishop of Jbeil. On 16 June 2012, Guy-Paul Noujaim by age-reasons resigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun ( ar, ميشال نعيم عون ; born 30 September 1933) is a Lebanese politician and former military general who served as the President of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 until 30 October 2022. Born in Haret Hreik to a Maronite Christian family, Aoun joined the Military Academy in 1955 and graduated as an artillery officer in the Lebanese Army. In 1984, he became the youngest Commander of the Army, at the age of 49 years. On 22 September 1988 during the fourth phase of the Lebanese Civil War, the departing President Amine Gemayel appointed him as the interim Prime Minister of a Military Government, after the parliament failed to elect a new president, and dismissed the current government headed by the Acting Prime Minister Selim Hoss. This controversial decision saw the rise of two rival governments contending for power at that time, with Aoun being supported mainly by Christians and Iraq, while the other being supported by Muslims and Syria. He declared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgard Madi
Edgard Madi or Edgard Amine Madi (born 23 March 1956 in Beit Mery, Lebanon) is the bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo in Brazil. Biography Edgard Madi ended his high school and began his studies at Collège Sagesse in Beirut and ecclesiastical studies at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon, between 1977 and 1981. Ordained a priest on August 14, 1983, Madi moved to Boston in the United States where he majored in Education between 1988 and 1991. During his priesthood Madi held the following positions: 1983 to 1984 he was General secretary of the Maronite Synod of Bishops in Beirut; parish priest in Santa Tereza in Mansurieh in Lebanon from 1984 to 1988; priest in the Mar Mikhael Parish in Beirut and Latin Church in Boston from 1988 to 1991. Between 1991 and 2001, he spent several weeks in Brazil. He speaks Arabic, Portuguese, French and English. Returning to Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, he obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Eid
François Eid, OMM (born on 24 July 1943 in Mtolleh, Chouf District, Lebanon) is a retired Maronite Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo and Procurator of the Maronite Patriarch at the Holy See. Life François Eid joined the OMM of the Blessed Virgin Mary and received on 28 August 1971 his priestly ordination. In 1975 he emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. From 1999 to 2005 Eid was Superior general of his order. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Cairo for the Maronites on 24 September 2005. His episcopal ordination was conducted by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, on 11 February 2006; his co-consecrators were Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary bishop of Antioch, and Tanios El Khoury, Eparch of Sidon. On 16 June 2012, Eid was appointed Procurator of the Maronite Patriarch at the Holy See and resigned as Maronite Bishop of Cairo. On 5 April 2014 Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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