Habib Chamieh, OMM (born 7 October 1966) is Bishop of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires ( es, Eparquía de San Charbel en Buenos Aires; la, Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Ar ...

Biography

Habib Chamieh was born in

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, on 7 October 1966. He joined the OMM and on 7 September 1991 made his

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. Chamieh received on 14 August 1992 his ordination to the priesthood. On 17 April 2013,

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appointed him

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of Nomentum and

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of the Eparchy of San Charbel of Buenos Aires. Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, ordained him bishop on May 25 of that year. His co-consecrators were the Emeritus Bishop of the diocese of San Charbel in Buenos Aires, Charbel Georges Merhi, MLM and Emeritus Bishop of Cairo,

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 t ...

, OMM. On 22 November 2019, Pope Francis named him Bishop of that Eparchy.

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External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchamieh.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamieh, Habib 1966 births Lebanese Maronites Religious leaders from Beirut 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Living people