Simon Atallah, OAM (born on 10 January 1937 in Hemayri,

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) is a Lebanese Maronite emeritus eparch of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar (in Latin: Eparchia Helipolitana-Rubrimonasteriensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church located in Deir El Ahmar, Lebanon. In 2012 there were 45,000 baptized. It is currently govern ...

Life

Simon Atallah joined the OAM and received on 8 December 1963 his ordination to the priesthood. The

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elected him in 1999

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of his order. The Synod of the

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elected him on 24 September 2005 eparch of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar.

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confirmed this election on 28 December 2005. His episcopal ordination was by the hands of the

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, on February 11, 2006 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 on ...

, auxiliary bishop of Antioch, and

Tanios El Khoury Tanios El Khoury (4 May 1930 – 20 September 2022) was an eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon. Life El Khoury was born in Saghbine, Lebanon. On 14 June 1958, he received his ordination to the priesthood and was incardinated in the ...

, emeritus bishop of Sidon. Atallah exercised his office till March 14, 2015. The decision from 10 to 14 March 2015 of the Maronite Church's Synod convened to elect Hanna Rahme,

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, as his successor.

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agreed with this election on 20 June 2015.press.vatican.va
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References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/batal.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/baal1.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Atallah, Simon 1937 births Lebanese clergy Living people 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops