Order of Lebanese Maronite

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Bishop(s)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Institute of Consecrated Life Founded: 10 November 1695 Monastic Order Mailing Address: Couvent Saint-Antoine, Ghazir, Jouneih, Libano Telephone: (09)90.69.50/1 Fax: 16.575.54.24

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Past and Present Ordinaries

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
10 November 1695	Founded		Order of Lebanese Maronite
31 March 1732	Approbation		Order of Lebanese Maronite

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Statistics

Year	Religious Priests	Male Religious	Parishes	Source
1998	267	357	67	ap2003

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

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Affiliated Bishops

• Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. (Priest: 16 Jul 1952 to 4 Aug 1977)
• Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M. (Priest: 29 Jun 1960 to 9 Jun 1990)
• Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. (Member: 17 Jan 1970; Priest: 3 Jul 1977 to 22 Feb 2003)