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In 2010, he became [[Apostolic Visitor|Apostolic visitor]] of [[Mariamite Maronite Order|OMM]] of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>[http://www.kathweb.at/site/nachrichten/archiv/archive/40114.html kathweb.at]</ref> |
In 2010, he became [[Apostolic Visitor|Apostolic visitor]] of [[Mariamite Maronite Order|OMM]] of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>[http://www.kathweb.at/site/nachrichten/archiv/archive/40114.html kathweb.at]</ref> |
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On June 6, 2011, Paul Nabil El-Sayah by the Maronite Synod presided by Patriarch [[Bechara Boutros al-Rahi]], [[Mariamite Maronite Order|OMM]] was elected in Lebanon Curial Bishop of patriarchate. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] gave El-Sayah by his new job the personal title of [[Archbishop|archbishop]].<ref>[http://de.radiovaticana.va/articolo.asp de.radiovaticana.va]</ref> |
On June 6, 2011, Paul Nabil El-Sayah by the Maronite Synod presided by Patriarch [[Bechara Boutros al-Rahi]], [[Mariamite Maronite Order|OMM]] was elected in Lebanon Curial Bishop of patriarchate. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] gave El-Sayah by his new job the personal title of [[Archbishop|archbishop]].<ref>[http://de.radiovaticana.va/articolo.asp de.radiovaticana.va]</ref> His confirmation as eparch was on 25 June of the same year. |
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Paul Nabil El-Sayah (born 26 December 1939 in Ain El-Kharroubé, Lebanon) is an eparch of the Maronite Church and Curial Bishop of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch.
Life
Paul Nabil El-Sayah received on 6 August 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[1] in the Northern Israel in the Galilee as well as to Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan[2] and Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine[3] by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on October 5, 1996 by Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and 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.[4]
In 2010, he became Apostolic visitor of OMM of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[5]
On June 6, 2011, Paul Nabil El-Sayah by the Maronite Synod presided by Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM was elected in Lebanon Curial Bishop of patriarchate. Pope Benedict XVI gave El-Sayah by his new job the personal title of archbishop.[6] His confirmation as eparch was on 25 June of the same year.