Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim,
BS (born March 22, 1962) is the current
archbishop of
Zahleh and Furzol of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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in Lebanon. He was previously the
eparch
Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...
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,
protopresbyter
A ''protoiereus'' (from grc, πρωτοϊερεύς, "first priest", Modern Greek: πρωθιερέας) or protopriest in the Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest ...
for the Great Lakes region in the United States and regional superior of the
Basilian Salvatorian Order
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.
Episcopacy
He was elected bishop by the Melkite synod and patriarch on June 18, 2003, following the death of Bishop
Sleiman Hajjar Sleiman Hajjar (May 13, 1950 — March 10, 2002) was the Melkite Catholic bishop of Canada. Hajjar was born in Jezzine, Lebanon and graduated from St. Joseph University and from the Pontifical University of the Holy Spirit in Lebanon. Ordained a ...
. 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.
Notes
External links
Bishop Ibrahim M. Ibrahim
Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
1962 births
Living people
Canadian Melkite Greek Catholics
Canadian Eastern Catholic bishops
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