Paul (Boulos) Abdel Sater (born 20 September 1962 in Aïn El Remmaneh,

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) is a Curial bishop of the

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Life

Paul Abdel Sater received his ordination to the priesthood on 29 June 1987 and became priest of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut. The Synod of the

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of Antioch elected him Curial Bishop of the Maronite Patriarchate, with

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confirming his election on July 28, 2015, and appointing him as the

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Ptolemais in Phoenicia.

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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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 ...

, O.M.M., ordained on 5 September of the same year to the episcopate. His co-consecrators were Archeparch of Beirut,

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 ...

, and the Archeparch of Haifa and the Holy Land,

Moussa El-Hage Moussa El-Hage (, born on 19 February 1954, in Aintoura, Lebanon), is a Maronite Catholic eparch, now Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan. Life Moussa El-Hage join ...

, O.A.M.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdel Sater, Paul 1962 births Lebanese Maronites Living people 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops