Joseph Merhi, CML (18 January 1912 in Mreijat,
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 Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
– 30 March 2006) was a Maronite Bishop of the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo of the Maronites (in Latin: Eparchy Cahirensis Maronitarum) is a seat of the Maronite Church suffragan of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites. It is currently ruled by eparch Georges Chihane.
Territor ...
in Egypt.
Life
Joseph Merhi entered into the
Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries
, type = Religious institute
, headquarters = Monastery of Saint John the Beloved, Jounieh, Lebanon
, location = Jounieh, Lebanon
, membership = 120
, leader_title = Superior General
, lea ...
and received his priestly ordination on 13 July 1936.
On 24 August 1972
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...
appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Cairo for the Maronites. His episcopal ordination was performed on 26 August 1972
Gcatholic.org
/ref> by 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 ...
Paul Peter Meouchi
Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi (born April 1, 1894, Jezzine, Lebanon – died on January 11, 1975, Bkerké, Lebanon), (or ''Boulos Boutros el-Meouchi'', ''Meoushi'', ar, بولس الثاني بطرس المعوشي) was the 74th Maronite Pa ...
; his co-consecrators were Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
, image = Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir.jpg
, image_size = 170px
, see = Antioch and the Whole East
, title = Cardinal Patriarch emeritus of Antioch
, elected = 19 April 1986
, appointed = 7 May 1986
, ended = 26 February 2011
, ordina ...
, Titular bishop
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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 Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé
Ignace Abdo Khalifé, SJ (10 May 1914 in Wady Chahrour, Lebanon – 7 July 1998) was the first Eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney in Australia.
Life
Ignace Khalife joined the SJ and received his ordination to the p ...
, Titutar Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti.
As usual in his church, he made his retirement for the completion of his 75th birthday on 5 June 1989.
On 30 March 2006 Emeritus Bishop Merhi died.
See also
References
External links
Catholic-hierarchy.org
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1912 births
2006 deaths
Lebanese clergy
20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops