Joseph Merhi, CML (18 January 1912 in Mreijat,

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– 30 March 2006) was an Egyptian Maronite Bishop of the

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in Egypt.

Life

Joseph Merhi entered into the

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and received his priestly ordination on 13 July 1936. On 24 August 1972,

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appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Cairo for the Maronites. His episcopal ordination was performed on 26 August 1972Gcatholic.org
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Paul Peter Meouchi Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi (born April 1, 1894, Jezzine, Lebanon – died on January 11, 1975, Bkerké, Lebanon), (or ''Boulos Boutros el-Meouchi'', ''Meoushi'', ) was the 74th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1955 until his death in 1975 ...

; his co-consecrators were

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ('; ; ; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019) was the 76th Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and the Whole Levant and head of the Maronite Church from 1986 to 2011. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1994. E ...

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of Tarsus dei Maroniti and Archbishop

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, Titutar Archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti. As usual in his church, he made his retirement for the completion of his 75th birthday on 5 June 1989. On 30 March 2006, Emeritus Bishop Merhi died.

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