Roland Aboujaoudé (7 September 1930 – 2 May 2019) was a Lebanese Catholic Maronite eparch of the

Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch The Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (in Latin: Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum) is the seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Church. It is currently governed by the Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM. The Maronite C ...

Life

Roland Aboujaoudé was born on 7 September 1930 in Jal-Edib,

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. He was ordained priest on 25 April 1959. On 12 July 1975, Aboujaoudé was appointed patriarchal vicar of Antioch and

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of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti. He was ordained bishop on 23 August 1975 by the hands of the

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Cardinal

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 ...

and his co-consecrators were

Elie Farah Elie Farah (27 December 1909 in Kafar Berhem, Lebanon – 22 July 2003) was Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus from 1954 to 1986. Life Elie Farah received on April 9, 1935 the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood. On 16 ...

, Archeparch of Cyprus and Joseph Merhi, MLM, Eparch of Cairo. On 1985 Aboujaoudé was appointed

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of Antioch till 1988 when he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Antioch. Since 1997 he had been a Curial Bishop and

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of the Maronite Patriarch. On 6 June 2011, he presented his resignation from the post of auxiliary bishop and it was accepted by

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Co-consecrator bishop

Roland Aboujaoudé was co-consecrator in episcopal ordinations of following bishops: *

Paul Fouad Tabet Paul Fouad Tabet (28 November 1929 – 20 July 2009) was a Lebanese-born Catholic prelate of the Maronite Church, who spent many years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1980 and from 1980 to 2005 served as apo ...

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" of Sinna (Apostolic Nuncio) *

Elias Shaheen Elias Shaheen or Elias Chahine (in Arabic الياس شاهين) (20 July 1914 in Ebrine, Lebanon – 5 December 1991) was the first bishop of the Maronite Church in Canada and in 1985 was appointed Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sa ...

, Eparch of Montréal *

Khalil Abi-Nader Khalil Abi-Nader (born December 6, 1921, in Mtein, Lebanon – died on June 14, 2009) was an Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. Biography Life Khalil Abi Nader came from the well-known Lebanese family Abi Nader and was ...

, Archeparch of Beirut *

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 sacrame ...

, Archeparch of Cyprus * Abdallah Bared,

of Tarsus dei Maroniti and auxiliary bishop of Antioch *

Antoine Torbey Antoine Torbey (15 September 1925 – 9 August 2004) was a Maronite bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia. Life Antoine Torbey received on 24 March 1951 his priestly ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on May 2, 1986 Bishop ...

, Eparch of Latakia *

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. ...

of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti as auxiliary bishop in Antioch *

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, Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi and auxiliary bishop of Antioch * Philippe Boutros Chebaya, Eparch of Baalbek * Pierre Callaos, Archeparch of Aleppo * Guy-Paul Noujaim,

of Caesarea Philippi and auxiliary bishop of Antioch * Joseph Mahfouz,

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, Eparch of São Paulo *

Charbel Georges Merhi Charbel Georges Merhi, MLM (born on 12 October 1937 in Edde, Lebanon) was bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires from 1990 to 2012. Biography On 29 August 1964 Merhi was ordained priest and became Chaplain of the ...

, CML, Eparch of Buenos Aires * Francis Némé Baïssari,

of Aradus and auxiliary bishop of Antioch *

Paul Youssef Matar Paul Youssef Matar (born 1 February 1941 in Naameh, Lebanon) was the former Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut, at the Saint George Cathedral. Life Paul Youssef Matar was bor ...

of Tarsus dei Maroniti and auxiliary bishop of Antioch *

Maroun Khoury Sader Maroun Khoury Sader ( ar, مارون خوري صادر), (born on December 25, 1926, Ain Ebel, Lebanon – died on August 26, 2015) was a Maronite Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. Life Ordained to the priesthood on May 1 ...

, Archeparch of Tyre * Gabriel Toubia, Archeparch of Tripoli * Joseph Khoury,

of Chonochora and auxiliary bishop of Antioch *

Paul-Mounged El-Hachem Paul-Mounged El-Hachem ( ar, بول منجد الهاشم; 8 September 1934 – 7 October 2022) was a Lebanese Maronite prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, ...

, Eparch of Baalbek * Pierre Wadih Tayah, Eparch of Mexico *

Paul Nabil El-Sayah Paul Nabil El-Sayah (in Arabic: بولس نبيل الصياح, born on 26 December 1939 in Aïn el Kharroubé, Lebanon) is an Archeparch of the Maronite Church and Curial Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. Life Paul Nabil E ...

, Archeparch of Haifa and the Holy Land * Tanios El Khoury, Eparch of Sidon *

Youhanna Fouad El-Hage Youhanna Fouad El-Hage (born 13 March 1939 in Zahle, Lebanon - died on 4 May 2005) was a Lebanese Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon and President of the Caritas Lebanon. Life On March 17, 1968 El-Hage was orda ...

, Archeparch of Tripoli *

Robert Joseph Shaheen Robert Joseph Shaheen (3 June 1937 – 9 August 2017) was an American prelate of the Maronite Catholic Church. He was the former Eparch of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon. He resided at St. Raymond's Cathedral in St. Louis, Missouri. Life ...

, Eparch of Los Angeles *

Massoud Massoud Massoud Massoud (born on 28 April 1940 in Al-Kafrun, Syria) is an emeritus bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia. Life Massoud Massoud received on 2 August 1970 his priestly ordination and was incardinated in the clergy of the Aposto ...

, Eparch of Latakia * Ad Abi Karam, Eparch of Sydney * Mansour Hobeika, Eparch of Zahle * Georges Saad Abi Younes,

, Eparch of Mexico *

Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage (in Arabic: شكرالله نبيل الحاج), also transliterated Shukrallah Nabil El Hajj, (born on 26 February 1943 in Hajjeh, Lebanon) was the Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre from 2003 until ...

, Archeparch of Tyre * Gregory John Mansour, Eparch of Brooklyn *

Georges Bou-Jaoudé Georges Bou-Jaoudé, CM (27 December 1943 – 28 March 2022) was a Maronite Catholic hierarch, who served as archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon. Life Georges Bou-Jaoudé was born in 1943 in Jouret El-Ballou ...

, CM, Archeparch of Tripoli * Simon Atallah, OAM, Eparch of Baalbek * François Eid, OMM, Eparch of Cairo * Elias Nassar, Eparch of Sidon

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/babouj.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Aboujaoude, Roland 1930 births 2019 deaths Lebanese clergy 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops