Ibrahim Hélou (27 March 1925 in Jezzine,

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– 3 February 1996) was a Lebanese eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon.

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Ibrahim Hélou was born in Jezzine,

. On 22 December 1951 he was ordained to the priesthood. On 12 July 1975 he received the appointment of Bishop of Sidon and on 23 August 1975 received his ordination to the episcopate from Archbishop

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 ...

Maronite Patriarch of Antioch This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the Primate (bishop), primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming patriarch of the Maronite Ca ...

. His co-consecrators were Archeparch

Elie Farah Elie Farah (27 December 1909 in Kafar Berhem, Lebanon – 22 July 2003) was Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus from 1954 to 1986. Life Elie Farah received on April 9, 1935 the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood. On 1 ...

of Cyprus and Bishop Joseph Merhi, MLM, Eparch of Cairo. In 1985 Hélou was appointed by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

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of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch. In this capacity he was also president of the Episcopal Conference of the Lebanese Patriarch and bishops. In recognition of this, until 1986, he worked with the Pope and was appointed by him on 7 May 1986w2.vatican.va
/ref> Archbishop "ad personam". Until his death on 3 February 1996, he remained bishop of Sidon. He was co-consecrator of some Maronite eparchs:

Georges Abi-Saber Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. (May 12, 1923 – August 26, 2015) was a Lebanese Hierarch of Maronite Church and former eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia and Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal. Life Abi-Saber was b ...

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, Eparch of Latakia, Georges Scandar, Eparch of Baalbek and Zahle, Emile Eid, Titular Bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti and Roman Curia Bishop, Abdallah Bared,

Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...

of Tarsus dei Maroniti and Auxiliary bishop of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch,

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, Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi and Auxiliary bishop of Antioch, Paul-Emilie Saadé, Titular bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti and Auxiliary bishop of Antioch, and Antoine Torbey, Eparch of Latakia.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhelou.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/said1.htm 1925 births 1996 deaths Lebanese Maronites 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops People from Jezzine Eastern Catholic bishops in Lebanon {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub

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