Maroun Ammar (born 10 February 1956 in Hajjéh,

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) is

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of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon ( Saida).

Life

Maroun Ammar received on 17 September 1983 his priestly ordination.

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confirmed his appointment as auxiliary bishop of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh (in Latin: Eparchia Ioubbensis, Sarbensis et Iuniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2013 there wer ...

to Joubbé and as Titular Bishop of

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on 16 June 2012.

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Bechara Boutros al-Rahi Bechara Boutros Al-Ra'i (or Raï; ; ; ) (born 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since 15 March 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Rahi was mad ...

, OMM ordained him on 28 July of the same year to the episcopate. His co-consecrators were

Samir Mazloum Samir Mazloum (born 10 September 1934 in Kaakour, Lebanon) is an Emeritus Curial bishop of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. Life Samir Mazloum received on 7 June 1964 his priestly ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 11 No ...

, retired Curial Bishop of Antioch,

Guy-Paul Noujaim Guy-Paul Noujaim (born 7 July 1935 in Kfartay, Lebanon) is a Lebanese eparch and emeritus Auxiliary bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh. Life Guy-Paul Noujaim received on 11 June 1967 his priestly ordination. Pop ...

, Emeritus Curia Bishop in Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh,

Paul Youssef Matar Paul Youssef Matar (born 1 February 1941 in Naameh, Lebanon) was the former Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut, at the Saint George Cathedral. Life Paul Youssef Matar was bor ...

, Archeparch of Beirut,

Francis Némé Baïssari Francis Némé Baïssari (September 18, 1933 in Knat, Lebanon – February 24, 2015) was a Maronite Catholic bishop of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh. Life Ordained ...

, Emeritus Auxiliary Bishop in Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh,

Paul Nabil El-Sayah Paul Nabil El-Sayah (in Arabic: بولس نبيل الصياح; born 26 December 1939 in Aïn el Kharroubé, Lebanon) is an Archeparch of the Maronite Church and Curial Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. Life Paul Nabil El-Sa ...

, Curial Bishop of Antioch,

Joseph Mohsen Béchara Joseph Mohsen Béchara (19 March 1935 – 9 June 2020) was a Maronite archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus and the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias. Life Joseph Mohsen Béchara received on 19 April 1963 the sacram ...

, Emeritus Archeparch of Antelias,

Simon Atallah Simon Atallah, OAM (born on 10 January 1937 in Hemayri, Lebanon) is a Lebanese Maronite emeritus eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar. Life Simon Atallah joined the OAM and received on 8 December 1963 his ordinat ...

, OAM, Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar,

François Eid François Eid, OMM (born on 24 July 1943 in Mtolleh, Chouf District, Lebanon) is a retired Maronite Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo and Procurator of the Maronite Patriarch at the Holy See. Life François Eid joined the OMM of t ...

, OMM, procurator of the Maronite Patriarch at the

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Edgard Madi Edgard Madi or Edgard Amine Madi (born 23 March 1956 in Beit Mery, Lebanon) is the bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo in Brazil. Biography Edgard Madi ended his high school and began his studies at Collè ...

, Eparch of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo, and Michel Aoun, Bishop of Byblos. In June 2017, he was appointed as Bishop of Saida (

Sidon Sidon ( ) or better known as Saida ( ; ) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, Lebanon, South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre, t ...

) and again consecrated by Cardinal al-Rahi. His principal co-consecrators were

, Maronite Bishop of São Paulo and

Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage (in ), also transliterated Shukrallah Nabil El Hajj (born on 26 February 1943 in Hajjeh, Lebanon), was the Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre from 2003 until his retirement in 2020. Life and education ...

, Archeparch of Tyre, who is also from Hajjéh. In December 2020, Ammar and the retired el-Hage were co-consecrators when

Charbel Abdallah Charbel Yusef Abdallah (Arabic: شربل عبد الله, born 17 February 1967 in Hajjeh, Lebanon) is the Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. Life Abdallah was born in the village of Hajjéh in the district of Sidon (Said ...

- who is also from Hajjéh - was consecrated by al-Rahi as el-Hage's successor in Tyre.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bammar.html 1956 births Lebanese Maronites Living people 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Eastern Catholic bishops in Lebanon {{Maronite-bishop-stub