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Paul Nabil El-Sayah received on 3 September 1967, the sacrament of Holy Orders. On June 8, 1996 El-Sayah was named by the Synod of the Maronites to the [[Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land]] in the Northern Israel in the Galilee as well as [[Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan]] and confirmed by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He received his episcopal consecration on October 5, 1996 by [[Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir]], the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East; his co-consecrators were [[Boutros Gemayel]], archbishop of the Archeparchy of Cyprus, and [[Roland Aboujaoudé]], Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch. |
Paul Nabil El-Sayah received on 3 September 1967, the sacrament of Holy Orders. On June 8, 1996 El-Sayah was named by the Synod of the Maronites to the [[Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land]] in the Northern Israel in the Galilee as well as [[Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan]] and confirmed by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He received his episcopal consecration on October 5, 1996 by [[Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir]], the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East; his co-consecrators were [[Boutros Gemayel]], archbishop of the Archeparchy of Cyprus, and [[Roland Aboujaoudé]], [[Auxiliary Bishop|Auxiliary bishop]] of Antioch. |
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Paul Nabil El-Sayah called for a more consensual coexistence of Christian denominations in the Holy Land.<ref>[http://kathpress.vivolum.net/site/focus/archivmeldungen/nahostsynode/article/663.html kathpress.vivolum.net]</ref> |
Paul Nabil El-Sayah called for a more consensual coexistence of Christian denominations in the Holy Land.<ref>[http://kathpress.vivolum.net/site/focus/archivmeldungen/nahostsynode/article/663.html kathpress.vivolum.net]</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:27, 20 January 2016
Paul Nabil El-Sayah (born 26 December 1939 in Ain El-Kharroubé, Lebanon) is an eparch of the Maronite Church and Curia Bishop of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch.
Life
Paul Nabil El-Sayah received on 3 September 1967, the sacrament of Holy Orders. On June 8, 1996 El-Sayah was named by the Synod of the Maronites to the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land in the Northern Israel in the Galilee as well as Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan and confirmed by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on October 5, 1996 by Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East; his co-consecrators were Boutros Gemayel, archbishop of the Archeparchy of Cyprus, and Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary bishop of Antioch.
Paul Nabil El-Sayah called for a more consensual coexistence of Christian denominations in the Holy Land.[1]
In 2010, he was charged with the Apostolic Visitation of Mariamite Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary, OMM.[2]
On June 6, 2011, Paul Nabil El-Sayah by the Maronite Synod presided over by Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM was elected in Lebanon Curia Bishop of patriarchate. Pope Benedict XVI gave El-Sayah for his new job the personal title of archbishop.[3]