Charbel Georges Merhi (born on 12 October 1937 in

Edde, Lebanon Edde or Eddé () village is located 45 km north of Beirut, Lebanon. It rises to an altitude of 210 metres (689.01 ft, 229 656 yd) of sea level and covers an area of 398 acres. Etymology The name ''Edde'' comes from the Semitic language, ...

) was bishop of the

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from 1990 to 2012.

Biography

On 29 August 1964, Merhi was ordained priest and became Chaplain of the MLM. His appointment as first bishop of the

took place on 5 October 1990.

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, Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir consecrated him bishop on 2 December 1990. His co-consecrators were Bishop

Georges Abi-Saber Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. (May 12, 1923 – August 26, 2015) was a Lebanese Hierarch of Maronite Church and former eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia and Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal. Life Abi-Saber was ...

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, from Canada and

Roland Aboujaoudé Roland Aboujaoudé (7 September 1930 – 2 May 2019) was a Lebanese Catholic Maronite eparch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. Life Roland Aboujaoudé was born on 7 September 1930 in Jal-Edib, Lebanon. He was ordained priest on ...

auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

of Antioch. Merhi was installed as eparchy on 17 March 1991. As a participant in the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the

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, in October 2010, he stressed the need for peace between Christians and Muslims, because, as he pointed out, they are all children of

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. On 17 April 2013,

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accepted his resignation.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merhi, Charbel Georges 1937 births Lebanese Maronites Living people 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops People from Mount Lebanon Governorate 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops