Bishop Joseph Merhi, M.L. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1912		Born	Mreijat
13 Jul 1936	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (Maronite)
24 Aug 1972	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
26 Aug 1972	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
5 Jun 1989	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
30 Mar 2006	94.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

a priest for 69.7 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir
Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. †
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi † (1934)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pietro Arida † (1908)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) † (1841)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youssef Hobaish (Habaisci) † (1820)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou (Dolce) † (1786)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’el †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antoine Joubeir † (1975)
Archbishop Ibrahim Hélou † (1975)
Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé (1975)
Bishop Abdallah Bared † (1986)
Bishop Antoine Torbey † (1986)
Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé (1986)
Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Archbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany † (1989)
Bishop Joseph Dergham (1989)
Archbishop Maroun Khoury Sader (1992)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Additions/Corrections (front)

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