Samir Nassar (born 5 July 1950 in Nebay,

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) is the current archeparch of the

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus The Archeparchy of Damascus () is an archeparchy of the Maronite Church. In 2013 there were 20,300 members. It is currently governed by Archbishop Samir Nassar. Territory and statistics The archeparchy includes the city of Damascus, where is loc ...

Life

Samir Nassar received on August 17, 1980, the sacrament of

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and was incardinated in the clergy of the Maronite Archeparchy of Damascus. On 10 June 2006, he was elected bishop by the synod of the

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to the Archeparchy of Damascus.

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approved his election as archbishop of the Archeparchy of Damascus on 14 October 2006.

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 ...

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 ...

, gave him on 26 November of the same yeargcatholic.org
/ref> the episcopal ordination and his co-consecrators were the Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy 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 retired bishop of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo (; ) is a Maronite Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is São Paulo. The current bishop is Edgard Madi. The Eparchy of Our Lady of Leba ...

Joseph Mahfouz Joseph Mahfouz, OLM (born 20 February 1932 in Ghadir, Lebanon - died 25 August 2010, Ghadir, Lebanon) was a clergyman of the Maronite rite and eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo. He was the third eparch of ...

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnassa.html 1950 births Lebanese Maronites 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Living people {{Maronite-bishop-stub