Maronite Church
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June 19 2021 | Selim Jean Sfeir is appointed as the new leader of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus |
November 1 2020 | Charbel Abdallah becomes the Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre |
November 1 2020 | Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage retires from his position as Archeparch |
November 1 2020 | Joseph Soueif concludes his leadership of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus |
2019 | Peter Karam was appointed as Curial Bishop of Antiochia (Antioch) in Lebanon, representing a significant advancement in his ecclesiastical career within the Maronite Catholic Church. |
November 22 2019 | Habib Chamieh from the Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M., Aleppians) was appointed as the new Eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires, concluding the period of Apostolic Administration. |
February 2014 | Wissam Akiki was ordained as the first married man to the Maronite priesthood in North America by Bishop A. Elias Zaidan at St. Raymond's Maronite Cathedral in St. Louis, breaking the traditional celibacy requirement for Maronite priests in the region. |
April 17 2013 | Charbel Georges Merhi's episcopal tenure ended, and an Apostolic Administrator was appointed to manage the eparchy temporarily. |
March 2011 | Bechara Boutros al-Rahi was elected as the Maronite Patriarch, following the resignation of Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. |
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