Mounir Khairallah (born 2 January 1953 in Mtah-Ezziat,

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) is the current

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of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun (in Latin: Eparchia Botryensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church located in Batroun, Lebanon. In 2012 there were 70,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Eparch Mounir Khairallah. Territor ...

since 16 January 2012.press.catholica.va

Life

Khairallah was born in Mtah Ezziat. After his primary studies made at the Capuchin Fathers of Abai, he entered in the Minor Seminary of Ghazir. Khairallah studied philosophy and theology at the

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in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 13 September 1977 for the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun. After ordination, Khairallah received in

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a master's degree in pastoral theology and catechetics, a

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in practical theology at the

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and a science of religions from the

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. During his time in France (1979–1984) he worked in the parish of Notre Dame du Liban (1978–1979) and after that in Saint Medard in Paris. Khairallah returned to

, and was appointed Secretary of the Maronite Patriarchal Synod (1985–1987), animator and professor at the Seminary of Ghazir (1985–1989) and pastor of the churches of Kfarhay and Bouksmaya Jebli (1989–1991). From 1991 he served as

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and pastor of the Saint Etienne Church in Batroun. Khairallah was general secretary of the four sessions of the Synod of the Maronite Church (2003–2006) and has held various positions within the Priestly League (1986–2004). He has taught at

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(1985–2000) and Karm Saddo Seminary (1996–2007). In addition to Arabic, Khairallah speak French, English, German and Italian and also some classic languages, as Syriac, Greek, Latin and Hebrew. His

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as Eparch of Batroun was confirmed by

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on 16 January 2012. He was ordained by

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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, on 25 February of the same year. His co-consecrators were

Paul-Emile Saadé Paul-Emile Saadé (9 July 1933 – 21 September 2022) was Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate who was Emeritus Maronite Eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun. Life Paul-Emile Saadé was born in Ehden, Mount Lebanon on 9 July 1933. ...

, retired bishop of Batroun, and

Joseph Mohsen Béchara Joseph Mohsen Béchara (19 March 1935 – 9 June 2020) was a Maronite archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus and the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias. Life Joseph Mohsen Béchara received on 19 April 1963 the sacramen ...

, Archeparch of Antelias. On February 26, 2012 Khairallah was installed on his office.

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkhair.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/batr0.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Khairallah, Mounir Living people 1953 births Lebanese Maronites 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Pontifical Urban University alumni Institut Catholique de Paris alumni