Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. (May 12, 1923 – August 26, 2015) was a Lebanese

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Maronite Church The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The current head of the Maro ...

and former eparch of the

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and

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal The Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal (in Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Marianopolitana Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Canada. In 2014 there were 87,900 baptized. It is c ...

Life

Abi-Saber was born in Wadi Sette,

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and was ordained a priest on July 16, 1952 from the religious order of the

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. He was appointed bishop of the

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on August 4, 1977 and ordained bishop on November 12, 1977. Abi-Saber was consecrated eparch by the

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Anthony Peter Khoraish Patriarch Moran Mor Anthony III Peter Khoraish (September 20, 1907 – August 19, 1994), (or ''Antonios Boutros Khoraish'', ''Antoine Pierre Khreich'', ''Khraish'', ''Khoraiche'', ar, أنطونيوس الثالث بطرس خريش), was the 75t ...

on 23 November 1977 and his co-consecrators were

Joseph Salamé Joseph Salamé (25 December 1914 – 29 March 2004) was a Lebanese apostolic administrator of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia and Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo. Life Salamé was born on 25 December 1914 in Ant ...

, Archbishop of Aleppo, and

Ibrahim Hélou Ibrahim Hélou (27 March 1925 in Jezzine, Lebanon – 3 February 1996) was a Lebanese eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon. Life Ibrahim Hélou was born in Jezzine, Lebanon. On 22 December 1951 he was ordained to the priesthood. ...

, bishop of Sidon. On 2 May 1986 Abi-Saber was named auxiliary bishop of Antioch of the Maronites as well as

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of Aradus by

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. He was appointed bishop of the

on November 23, 1990gcatholic.org
/ref> and resigned from the position on February 7, 1996 from health reasons. Eparch Georges Abi-Saber died on 26 August 2015.

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