Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim, BS (born March 22, 1962) is the current

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of Zahleh and Furzol of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Church The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (, ''Kanīsat ar-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk''; ; ), also known as the Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catho ...

in Lebanon. He was previously the

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of the Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal in Canada, the spiritual leader of the 43,000 Melkites in Canada.

Biography

Ibrahim was born in Jinsnaya, Lebanon, on March 22, 1962, and he was ordained a priest on July 18, 1987. Prior to his consecration as bishop, he served as pastor of St Elias Church in Cleveland, Ohio,

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for the Great Lakes region in the United States and regional superior of the

Basilian Salvatorian Order The Basilian Order of the Most Holy Saviour () abbreviated BS, also known as the Basilian Salvatorian Order, is an Eastern Catholic monastic order of Pontifical Right for men of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church. The name derives from its mothe ...

Episcopacy

He was elected bishop by the Melkite synod and patriarch on June 18, 2003, following the death of Bishop Sleiman Hajjar. Ibrahim was consecrated bishop and enthroned as eparch on August 17, 2003. In June 2021, he became Archbishop of Zahleh and Furzol of the Greek Melkites in Lebanon.

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