Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay,
OLM
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(born 15 November 1967 in
Tannourine
Tannourine ( ar, تنورين, also Tannoureen, Tannorine) is a Lebanese town located in the Batroun District, part of the Governorate of North Lebanon, 80 km from the capital Beirut. Tannourine is formed by a cluster of mountain settlements l ...
,
Lebanon
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) is the current Bishop of the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney
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.
Life
Antoine Tarabay joined the Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks and on 17 October 1992 made his perpetual
religious vows
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. Tarabay received on 11 July 1993 his ordination to the priesthood.
On April 17, 2013
Pope Francis
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appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney.
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
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,
Cardinal
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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, ordained him on May 25 of the same year and his co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Beirut,
Paul Youssef Matar
Paul Youssef Matar (born 1 February 1941 in Naameh, Lebanon) was the former Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut, at the Saint George Cathedral.
Life
Paul Youssef Matar was bor ...
, and the Bishop of Batroun,
Mounir Khairallah.
References
External links
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1967 births
Lebanese Maronites
Living people
21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops
People from Tannourine