Archbishop Elias Shaheen (Chahine) †

Deceased

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1914		Born
25 Mar 1939	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Aug 1982	68.1	Appointed	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
7 Nov 1982	68.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
13 Mar 1985	70.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
23 Nov 1990	76.3	Retired	Archbishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
5 Dec 1991	77.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

MicroData Summary
Elias Shaheen (Chahine)
Archbishop Elias Shaheen (Chahine)
(born 20 Jul 1914, died 5 Dec 1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal

Event Place
Birth Place Ebrine
Ordained Bishop Bkerké, Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

a priest for 52.6 years
a bishop for 9.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek †
Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York
Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé †
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti

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 Blessed 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 Bl. 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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1329132

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 76, Number 6,152

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