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Charbel Yusef Abdallah (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

: شربل عبد الله, born 17 February 1967 in Hajjeh,

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

) is the Archeparch of the

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre (in Latin: Archeparchia Tyrensis Maronitarum) is an Archeparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. In 2014 there were 42,500 baptized. It is currently ruled by Arch ...

Life

Abdallah was born in the village of Hajjéh in the district of

Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

(Saida), which is part of the South Governorate in Southern Lebanon and belongs to the

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Archeparchy of Tyre. He was named after

Charbel Makhlouf Charbel Makhlouf, Lebanese Maronite Order, O.L.M. ( ar, شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite Church, Maronite monk and priesthood (Catholic Church), p ...

(1828-1898), a

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and

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who was canonized in 1977. TyreSourLebanon MaroniteSanctuaireDesSaintsMartyrsDeTyr RomanDeckert01112019

Abdallah entered the seminary and studied at the private

Holy Spirit University of Kaslik The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (french: Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK); ar, جامعة الرّوح القدس – الكسليك, ''Jāmiʿah al-Rūḥ al-Quddus – al-Kaslīk''), is a private, not-for-profit Catholic univer ...

Mount Lebanon Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at . Geography The Mount Le ...

. In 1992 he obtained a licentiate of Theology there and on October 24 of that year received his priestly ordination. Abdallah

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himself in the Archeparchy of Tyre and was appointed

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of Hajjeh and of Saint Joseph of Kfarwa, still in 1992. Starting from 1994, he was for two years also in charge of the General Secretariat of the Archeparchy and until 1998 the head of the local Caritas. Between 1997 and 1999 he was also the Spiritual Director at the Patriarchal Seminary of

Ghazir Ghazir ( ar, غزير) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of . The tow ...

in Mount Lebanon. After he had received another licentiate - in philosophy from the public

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(LU) in

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- he moved to Strasbourg in 1999 where he received a doctorate in theology with liturgical orientation in 2003 from the

Marc Bloch University The University Marc Bloch, also known as Strasbourg II or UMB was a university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of 2006, it had around 13,000 students. Its name used to be ''Université des Sciences Humaines'' (University of Social Sciences), but i ...

. During his stay in France he was also assistant parish priest at Notre-Dame du Liban and then at

Notre-Dame d'Auteuil Notre-Dame d'Auteuil () is a Roman Catholic parish church on the Auteuil hill in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. History Auteuil was originally a hamlet and commune with its own parish, and it was only in 1860 that it was merged into Paris. ...

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. On his return to Lebanon in 2003, he was appointed Episcopal Vicar for the pastoral and parish priest of Our Lady of the Seas in Tyre. Following the July 2006 Lebanon War between

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

, Abdallah was appointed by Archeparch

Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage (in Arabic: شكرالله نبيل الحاج), also transliterated Shukrallah Nabil El Hajj, (born on 26 February 1943 in Hajjeh, Lebanon) was the Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre from 2003 until h ...

to organise aid work for the

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in South Lebanon's Christian villages together with representatives of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre (Latin: Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan see of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. In 2009 there were 3,100 baptized. It is currently governed by an Apostolic Administrator, Ar ...

and the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas (in Latin: Archeparchy Caesariensis or Paneadensis) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In 2009 there were 2,500 baptized. It ...

. In 2010, Abdallah became Protosyncellus in Tyre. In October 2020, when Archeparch El-Hage submitted his resignation, the Synod of the

Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch The Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (in Latin: Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum) is the seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Church. It is currently governed by the Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM. The Maronite C ...

elected Abdallah to be his successor. Following the assent by the Holy Father his election was announced on November 1. On December 5, he was consecrated by

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Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. His consecrators were his predecessor El-Hage and the

bishop of Sidon The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sidon was a bishopric in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th and 13th centuries. Establishment Before the arrival of the crusaders to Syria in the late 11th century, the Orthodox bishops of Sidon had been suffragans ...

Maroun Ammar Maroun Ammar (born 10 February 1956 in Hajjéh, Lebanon) is Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon (Saida). Life Maroun Ammar received on 17 September 1983 his priestly ordination. Pope Benedict XVI confirmed his appointment as auxili ...

, who is also from Hajjéh.

Works

''«Le traite du Patriarche Douaihy sure l'amenagment des eglises Maronites». L'amenagement et l'architecture de l'epace sacre des eglises Maronites au Liban d'apres le «Traite des Eglises» et le «Traite de l'Autel» du Patriarche Stephane Douaihy''.
(PhD-thesis) *
L'architecture d'une église Maronite selonle Patriarche Douaïhy (1630-1704)
', in: Parole de l'Orient 29 (2004), pp. 61–81

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