Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1923		Born
16 Jul 1952	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)
4 Aug 1977	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
12 Nov 1977	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
2 May 1986	62.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
2 May 1986	62.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aradus
23 Nov 1990	67.5	Appointed	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
7 Feb 1996	72.7	Resigned	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
26 Aug 2015	92.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

MicroData Summary for Georges Abi-Saber
(VIAF: 27074564; WikiData: Q1508768)
Bishop Georges Abi-Saber O.L.M. (born 12 May 1923, died 26 Aug 2015) Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal

Event Place
Birth Place Wadi Sette, Archeparchy of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite), Lebanon
Ordained Bishop Bkerke

a priest for 63.1 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Salamé †
Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite)
Bishop Ibrahim Hélou †
Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche † (1950)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pierre 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 Boutros 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’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
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)
Bishop Philippe Boutros Chebaya † (1990)
Bishop Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. (1990)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139
d: CB, 3 Sep 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 45, Number 3,074
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 213, and Page 214

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