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However the history of the Maronite bishops of Beirut for the past times is too flawed to be able to say with certainty that it was Youssef its first bishop. After that Beirut had at least a century before finding the name of another bishop, Youssef Damascus (as-Sami, 1691). By now the number of Bishops is regular and uninterrupted until today.
The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Beirut was officially founded in 1724, after the Patriarch of Antioch was divided into two branches, the Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic (or Melkite). [1] In 1701, the Greek bishop of Beirut, Sylvester Dahan, had sent to Rome a profession of the Catholic faith, renewed in the following year.
Grégoire Haddad in Arabic (25 September 1924 – 23 December 2015) was Archeparch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos from 1968 to 1975. He was known as the "Red Bishop of Beirut" promoting a secular "social movement" and a platform of rapprochement between Muslims and Christians with the onslaught of the Lebanese ...
Born. January 26, 1939. Ain-Borday, Lebanon. Occupation. Professor. Cyril Salim Bustros (born January 26, 1939) is the archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos and a former Professor at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. A native of Lebanon, he formerly served as archbishop of Baalbeck and later as eparch for ...
Haddad was ordained a priest on August 28, 1983 as a member of the Melkite religious community Missionary Society of St. Paul. On 20 April 2002, he was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Myra of Greek Melkites with simultaneous appointment as Apostolic Exarch of Argentina. His episcopal ordination was performed on 23 June 2002 by Gregory III ...
On August 23, 1975, Habib Bacha was appointed Archbishop of Beirut and Byblos. The consecration took place on 14 September 1975, being his consecrator Archbishop Maximos V Hakim (Melkite Patriarch of the Patriarchate of Antioch).
Died. April 4, 1871. ( 1871-04-05) (aged 67) Tobia Aoun (December 1803 – 4 April 1871) ( Tubiya, Tobias, Tubiyya, Aun, Awn) was a Lebanese Catholic prelate who served as Assistant to the Pontifical Throne, [ 1] Maronite Archbishop of Beirut, Count of Rome, Knight of the French Legion of Honour, Knight of the Ottoman Order of the Medjidie, and ...
Emeritus Archbishop Ignatius Ziadé died at the age of 88 years, on 31 March 1994 in Beirut. Ziadé had been for 65 years as Maronite priest and bishop for 47 years. In these decades of his pastoral ministry, he served as co-consecrator of Elie Farah, Abdallah Bared, Antoine Torbey, Paul-Emile Saadé, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi.