Elias Shaheen or Elias Chahine (in Arabic الياس شاهين) (20 July 1914 in Ebrine,

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– 5 December 1991) was the first bishop of the

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in Canada and in 1985 was appointed Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal.

Life

Shaheen was born in Ebrine,

. On March 25, 1939, he was consecrated priest. He was appointed first Maronite bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal on August 27, 1982.

Maronite Patriarch of Antioch This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the Primate (bishop), primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming patriarch of the Maronite Ca ...

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Anthony Peter Khoraish, consecrated him bishop on November 7, 1982 and his co-consecrators were Archeparch Francis Mansour Zayek of Brooklyn and the

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of Antioch, Bishop

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. On March 13, 1985 Elias Shaheen was appointed Archbishop of Montréal. On November 23, 1990 he became Archbishop emeritus and was until his death on 5 December 1991. Shaheen was succeeded by Bishop Georges Abi-Saber,

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Archbishop Elias Shaheen (Chahine) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

1914 births 1991 deaths Lebanese Maronites 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops Lebanese emigrants to Canada {{Maronite-bishop-stub