Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L.

Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1963		Born
26 Sep 1984	21.5	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (Maronite)
20 Jul 1986	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (Maronite)
10 Jul 2013	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
28 Sep 2013	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
23 Oct 2013	50.6	Installed	Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

MicroData Summary
Abdallah Elias Zaidan
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan M.L.
(born 10 Mar 1963)
Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles

Ad Limina - November 2018: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Qusayba - Metn
Ordained Priest Notre-Dame du Liban, Basilica, Harissa
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame du Liban, Basilica, Harissa

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Consecrator:
Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M.
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Joseph Shaheen †
Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California
Archbishop Camille Zaidan †
Archbishop of Antélias (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir † (1961)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Pierre-Paul Méouchi † (1934)
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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Karam (2019)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15439754

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Jul 2013
ob: CB, 10 Jul 2013
c2+: CB, 10 Sep 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,883
c1: CB, 20 Jun 2015
i: CB, 12 Aug 2022
op.loc: CB, 21 Oct 2022

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