Spiridon Mattar (March 1, 1921 – July 26, 2014) was an Egyptian-born Brazilian

Melkite Greek Catholic el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , image = Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Damascus, Syria.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = , abbreviatio ...

hierarch of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo ( la, Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Sancti Pauli Graecorum Melkitarum) is an eparchy located in the city of São Paulo in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. Territory and ...

Biography

Mattar was born in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

from Lebanese parents, but grew up in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

and was ordained here as a priest on July 20, 1946. He studied theology and philosophy at the Seminary Saint Anne in Jerusalem. He was secretary in the Melkite bishopric in Beirut, Lebanon; Pastor of Our Lady of Providence; Superior of the Saint Basil School; Vicar General in Beirut; President of the Ecclesiastical Court – Patriarchal; Parish priest of Saint John Chrysostom (Chaplain). Mattar was appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo on June 22, 1978 and ordained bishop on July 20, 1978. Mattar resigned from the diocese on April 20, 1990. At the time of his death in 2014 he operated in the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, in

Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais Boa Esperança is a Brazilian municipality from the state of Minas Gerais. The municipality is located by the Serra da Boa Esperança, which became celebrated through song that brings its name, compounded by Lamartine Babo and performed by seve ...

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