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A Maronite episcopal lineage

NASRALLAH  PIERRE SFEIR, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites and Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites. Ordained bishop 16 July 1961 at Bkerké by Pierre Paul Meouchi, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, assisted by Jean Chedid, Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia of the Maronites, and Michel Doumith, Bishop of Sarba of the Maronites.

PIERRE PAUL MEOUCHI, Archbishop of Tyr of the Maronites. Ordained bishop 8 December 1934 at Bkerké by Antoine Pierre Arida, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, assisted by Augustin Bostani, Bishop of Saida of the Maronites, and Pierre Feghali, Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria.

ANTOINE ARIDA, Bishop of Tripoli of the Maronites. Ordained bishop 18 June 1908 at Bkerké, Lebanon, by Elie Pierre Hoyek, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

ELIE HOYEK, Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia of the Maronites and Maronite Patriarchal Vicar. Ordained bishop 14 December 1889 by Paul Pierre Massad, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

PAUL MASSAD, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of the Maronites and Maronite Patriarchal Vicar. Ordained bishop 28 March 1841 in Bkerké, Lebanon, by Yusuf (Joseph) Hubaysh (Hobaich, Habaishi), Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

YUSUF (JOSEPH) HUBAYSH (HOBAICH, HABAISHI), Bishop of Tripoli of the Maronites. Ordained bishop 30 January 1820 at Qannoubin, Lebanon by Yuhanna (Jean) el-Helou (Helou, Dolce), Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

YUHANNA (JEAN) el-HELOU (HELOU, DOLCE), Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia of the Maronites and Auxiliary Bishop of the Maronite Patriarch. Ordained bishop 6 August 1786 by Joseph Estefan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

JOSEPH ESTEFAN, Bishop of Bairut of the Maronites. Ordained bishop in 1750 by Simon Pierre Awad, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

SIMON PIERRE AWAD, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites. Ordained bishop in 1740 by Joseph Pierre Dergham el-Khazen, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

JOSEPH PIERRE DERGHAM el-KHAZEN, Titular Bishop of Ghosta of the Maronites. Ordained bishop in1728 by Yakub Awad, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

YAKUB AWAD, Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites. Ordained bishop in 1698 by Estefan Douaihy, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.

ESTEFAN DOUAIHY, Archbishop of Nicosia of the Maronites. Ordained bishop 7 June 1668 by Georges Beseb`el, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.


GEORGES BESEB`EL, Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites. Ordained bishop 25 July 1656 by Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites.