Paul Youssef Matar (born 1 February 1941 in Naameh,

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) was the former Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The archeparchial seat is the city of

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, at the Saint George Cathedral.

Life

Paul Youssef Matar was born on February 1, 1941, in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Na'ameh, located in the historic Chouf Region. On 5 June 1965 at the age of 24, Matar was ordained to the priesthood. His appointment as auxiliary bishop of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch was on 7 June 1991 as his appointment as

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of Tarsus dei Maroniti. His ordination to the episcopate took place on 3 August 1991 by the hands of the

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 ...

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 ...

, and his co-consecrators were

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 o ...

, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch, and Boutros Gemayel, Archeparch of Cyprus. On June 8, 1996, at the age of 55 years, Paul Youssef Matar was appointed archbishop of the Archeparchy of Beirut.gcatholic.org
/ref> Archbishop Paul Youssef Matar was the main co-consecrator of some Maronite bishops: Youssef Anis Abi-Aad,

Samir Nassar Samir Nassar (born 5 July 1950 in Nebay, Lebanon) is the current archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus. Life Samir Nassar received on August 17, 1980, the sacrament of Holy orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the Ma ...

, Edgard Madi, Michel Aoun,

Moussa El-Hage Moussa El-Hage ( ar, موسى الحاج, born on 19 February 1954, in Aintoura, Lebanon), is a Maronite Catholic eparch, now Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land The Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land (in Latin: Archiepa ...

, Georges Chihane, Paul Rouhana, Maroun Ammar, Joseph Emile Mouawad, Anthony Tarabay and Paul Abdel Sater. He is chancellor of

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and Université La Sagesse in Beirut as they both fall under the jurisdiction of Maronite Beirut Archeparchy.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmatarpy.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Matar, Paul Youssef 1941 births Lebanese clergy 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Living people People from Mount Lebanon Governorate 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops