OLM
The olm or proteus (''Proteus anguinus'') is an aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae, the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe. In contrast to most amphibians, it is entirely aquatic, eating, sleeping, and br ...
Ghadir Ghadir or Ghadeer ( ar, غدير , link=no) means ''hollow'' or ''pond'' in Arabic. It may refer to:
Places
* Ghadir, a village in Keserwan District, Lebanon
* Ghadir-e Sab, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Ghadir Kuhi, a village in Hor ...
,
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 ...
- died 25 August 2010, Ghadir, Lebanon) was a clergyman of the Maronite rite and
eparch
Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on t ...
of the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo
The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo ( pt, Eparquia Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo; la, Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis Sancti Pauli Maronitarum) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Chu ...
. He was the third eparch of the
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 ...
in Brazil.
Biography
Joseph Mahfouz joined the Congregation of the
OLM
The olm or proteus (''Proteus anguinus'') is an aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae, the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe. In contrast to most amphibians, it is entirely aquatic, eating, sleeping, and br ...
and received on 29 June, 1960, the ordination to the priesthood.
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 ...
appointed him on June 9, 1990, Archbishop of the Eparchy of the Our Lady of Lebanon in São Paulo.
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchat ...
,
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 ...
gave him on 12 August of the same year the episcopal ordination. His co-consecrators were Bishops
Roland Aboujaoudé
Roland Aboujaoudé (7 September 1930 – 2 May 2019) was a Lebanese Catholic Maronite eparch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch.
Life
Roland Aboujaoudé was born on 7 September 1930 in Jal-Edib, Lebanon. He was ordained priest on ...
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, future Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Mahfouz resigned as Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon in São Paulo on 14 October, 2006. He died of cancer and was buried in the cemetery Nisbei Ghosta in Lebanon.
Works
* Saint Charbel Makhlouf: monk and hermit of the Lebanese Maronite Order. 1976.
* La Servante de Dieu La Soeur Rafqa de Himalaya. Rome, 1980.
* Short history of the Maronite Church. Imprimerie St. Paul, 1986.
* The blessed Nimatullah Kassab Al-Hardini. In: Volume 26 by Third Centennial Lebanese Maronite Order Publications, Monastery of Saints Cyprian and Justine, 1998.
* The blessed Nimatullah Kassab Al-Hardini: His life, words and spiritualities. Lebanese Maronite Order.