Ordre Basilien Choueirite

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 1697 Monastic Order Mailing Address: Couvent Saint-Jean, Khonchara, B.P. 188, Bikfaya, Libano Telephone: (04)27.05.77 Fax: 27.05.88

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1697	Founded		Ordre Basilien Choueirite
11 June 1757	Approbation		Ordre Basilien Choueirite

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1988	42	61		ap1991
2000	38	55		ap2001
2001	39	59		ap2002
2002	39	61	6	ap2003
2004	41	61	6	ap2005
2005	41	56	8	ap2006

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. † (Priest: 21 Sep 1919 to 28 Jul 1951)
• Abdo Arbach, B.C. (Member: 1977; Priest: 24 Aug 1980 to 17 Oct 2006)
• Yasser Ayyash, B.C.
• Georges El-Murr, B.C. (Priest: 27 Jul 1958 to 26 Aug 1992)
• Antoine Hayek, B.C. (Priest: 1 Aug 1954 to 19 Jul 1989)
• Abraham Nehmé, B.C. (Priest: 3 Jan 1954 to 20 Aug 1986)
• George Riashi, B.C. (Priest: 4 Apr 1965 to 26 Mar 1987)