João Chedid, OMM (18 February 1914 – 31 July 1991) was the first Maronite Bishop of the

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in Brazil.

Life

Chedid was born in Kherbet-Kanafar,

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. On 20 December 1941 he was ordained a priest in the OMM. On April 21, 1956, he was appointed auxiliary bishop to the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil, at the same time he was also appointed

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of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti. The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East

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 List ...

ordained him bishop on June 29, 1956, assisted by the co-consecrators Pietro Dib (Eparch of Cairo) and

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 ...

(then Eparch of Sidon). From 1968 to 1971 Chedid was also Patriarchal Vicar of the Maronites in Brazil. On November 29, 1971, he was appointed Bishop to São Paulo, in this office, he was on 27 February 1988 named Archbishop

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to São Paulo. He was a Council Father during the second session of the II Vatican Council. In 1961 he was co-consecrator of

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 ...

, who later became Patriarch of Antioch. Chedid resigned on June 9, 1990 as Bishop and became an Emeritus bishop until his death on 31 July 1991.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bchedidj.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20170702013321/http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/asien2.htm 1914 births 1991 deaths Eastern Catholic bishops in Brazil Lebanese emigrants to Brazil Lebanese Maronites 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops Brazilian Maronites {{Brazil-reli-bio-stub