Bishop Béchara Raï, O.M.M.

Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1940		Born	Himlaya
3 Sep 1967	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra
2 May 1986	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
2 May 1986	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi
12 Jul 1986	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi
9 Jun 1990	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé
Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.
Bishop Chucrallah Harb
Archbishop Joseph Mohsen Béchara
Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader
Archbishop Ignace Ziadé †
Archbishop Antoine Joubeir †
Archbishop Elie Farah †
Bishop Joseph Merhi, C.M.L. †
Archbishop Ibrahim Hélou †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Béchara Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir (1961)
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 Pierre Callaos †
Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim
Bishop Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M.
Archbishop Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado

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