Bishop Joseph Merhi, C.M.L. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1912		Born	Mreijat
13 Jul 1936	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Aug 1972	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
26 Aug 1972	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
5 Jun 1989	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
30 Mar 2006	94.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

a priest for 69.7 years a bishop for 33.6 years	Principal Consecrator: Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi † Principal Co-Consecrators: Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Joseph Merhi, C.M.L. † (1972) Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi † (1934) Archbishop Antonio Pietro Arida † (1908) Archbishop Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889) Archbishop Boulos (Paolo Pietro) Mass'ad (Massaad) †	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Antoine Joubeir † Archbishop Ibrahim Hélou † Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé Bishop Abdallah Bared † Bishop Antoine Torbey † Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé Bishop Béchara Raï, O.M.M. Archbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany Bishop Joseph Dergham Archbishop Maroun Khoury Sader