Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi (born June 25, 1927 in
Zgharta
Zgharta ( ar, زغرتا, syc, ܙܓܪܬܐ), also spelled Zghorta, is a city in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 50,000. It is the second biggest city in Northern Lebanon after Tripoli.
Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea ...
,
Greater Lebanon
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,
Lebanon
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- died on December 17, 2014) was a
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
Maronite Church
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in the
United States
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. He served as the
eparch
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(bishop) of the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (in Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Bruklyniensis Maronitarum) is an entity pertaining to the Apostolic Maronite Patriarchal Church of Antioch and is a diocese of the Maronite Church for the eas ...
from 1997 to 2004.
Biography
Born in
Zgharta
Zgharta ( ar, زغرتا, syc, ܙܓܪܬܐ), also spelled Zghorta, is a city in North Lebanon, with an estimated population of around 50,000. It is the second biggest city in Northern Lebanon after Tripoli.
Zgharta is about 150 metres above sea ...
,
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, Doueihi was ordained priest on August 14, 1955 to 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 ...
. In 1972 Doueihi incardinated himself in the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (in Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Bruklyniensis Maronitarum) is an entity pertaining to the Apostolic Maronite Patriarchal Church of Antioch and is a diocese of the Maronite Church for the eas ...
.
Pope John Paul II
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named him as the Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn on November 11, 1996. He was ordained a bishop by
Cardinal
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Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ('; ar, الكاردينال مار نصر الله بطرس صفير; la, Victor Petrus Sfeir; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019) was the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic ...
,
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
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, on January 11, 1997. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Emeritus
Francis Zayek of Brooklyn and Archeparch
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 ...
of Antelias. Doueihi served as the eparch until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on January 10, 2004.
He died on December 17, 2014.
References
External links
Bishop Estephan-Hector Doauihy on Ehden Family Tree Website
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1927 births
Lebanese clergy
20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops
21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops
American Eastern Catholic bishops
Lebanese-American Maronite Catholic bishops
2014 deaths
Lebanese emigrants to the United States
People from Zgharta
20th-century American clergy
21st-century American clergy