Edgard Madi or Edgard Amine Madi (born 23 March 1956 in

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) is the bishop of the

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in Brazil.

Biography

Edgard Madi ended his high school and began his studies at Collège Sagesse in Beirut and ecclesiastical studies at

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, 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

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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

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from 1988 to 1991. Between 1991 and 2001, he spent several weeks in Brazil. He speaks Arabic, Portuguese, French and English. Returning to

, he obtained a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education in 2001. Madi was also director in High School for five years and Supervisor of Studies for 10 years; he is also student of Dialogue among Religions, especially among Christian and Islamic religions. Edgard Madi was appointed bishop to the Maronite Eparchy of São Paulo on October 14, 2006,gcatholic.org
/ref> and was ordained Bishop on November 26, 2006 in Bkerki, the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in Lebanon by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ('; ar, الكاردينال مار نصر الله بطرس صفير; la, Victor Petrus Sfeir; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019) was the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic ...

, being his co-consecrators

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 ...

, Maronite Archbishop of Beirut, and

Joseph Mahfouz Joseph Mahfouz, OLM (born 20 February 1932 in Ghadir, Lebanon - died 25 August 2010, Ghadir, Lebanon) was a clergyman of the Maronite rite and eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo. He was the third eparch of t ...

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, former bishop of the

. The possession of the See of the Maronite Bishopric in São Paulo took place on December 10, 2006 with the presence of Bishop Boulos Mattar - Maronite bishop of Beirut and Bishop Emilio Saade - Maronite Bishop of Batroun. Bishop Edgard Madi replaced Bishop

, who remained for 16 years ahead of the Maronite Archbishopric of Brazil. Edgar Madi is an honorary citizen of

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References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmadie.html * http://www.igrejamaronita.org.br * http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/ernennung_2006.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Madi, Edgard 1956 births Eastern Catholic bishops in Brazil Living people Lebanese Eastern Catholic bishops Lebanese emigrants to Brazil 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops