Joseph Gébara (born 10 June 1965 in Amatour, Lebanon) is a Lebanese Catholic archeparch of the Byzantine Rite, and current Archeparch of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman (Latin: Archeparchy Petrensis et Philadelphiensis) is a branch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , ...

Biography

After his institutional studies, Joseph Gébara obtained a degree in philosophy at the Theological Institute of São Paulo, in Harissa (1995) and a master's degree in theology at the

Catholic Institute of Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

(1998) and an Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA) in patristic (2000) and a PhD in history of religions and religious anthropology (2003) from the

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in Paris. He was ordained a priest for the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos The Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos (in Latin: Archieparchia Berytensis et Gibailensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is a metropolitan eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church since 1881, an Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Roman Catholi ...

on 10 July 1993. Gébara performed the pastoral ministry in the Church of Saint Elias in Dekwaneh (1993-1995); during his post-graduate studies in Paris he worked in parishes Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre (1996-1998) and Notre-Dame des Champs in Montparnasse (1998-2003). He returned to Lebanon in 2003, and was appointed parish priest of Notre-Dame Church Hadath Liberation. Gébara was Dean of the third district of Beirut (2006-2011). Gébara was named coadjutor bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso on 31 October 2013, being consecrated on 21 December by the Greek Melkite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Alexandria and Jerusalem

Gregory III Laham Gregory III Laham, B.S. ( ar, غريغوريوس الثالث لحام; la, Gregorius III Lahamus; born Lutfy Laham, December 15, 1933, in Darayya, Syria), Emeritus Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem, is the fo ...

. He succeeded eparch Farès Maakaroun after his renounce on 21 July 2014. On 20 February 2018

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accepted his election by the Melkite Synod as Archeparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman. He speaks Arabic and French and knows the classical languages.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20141222023829/http://www.cnbb.org.br/imprensa-1/noticias/14607-dom-joseph-gebara-assume-eparquia-de-nossa-senhora-do-paraiso * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgebara.html 1965 births Lebanese emigrants to Brazil Melkite Greek Catholic bishops Eastern Catholic bishops in Brazil Living people Brazilian Melkite Greek Catholics {{Brazil-reli-bio-stub