Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo

The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo (

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon in São Paulo includes all Maronite Catholic believers living in Brazil. Its eparchial seat is São Paulo, where the cathedra is found in the Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral. The eparchy includes Maronite parishes in Brazil, which are situated mainly in the southeastern part of the country: São Paulo, Bauru, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Guarulhos and Piracicaba.

The territory of the eparchy is divided into 10 parishes and in 2013 there were 489,000 Maronite Catholics.^{[citation needed]}

History

On 30 May 1962,

These two Maronite bishops, Zayek and Chedid, were exarchs and auxiliary bishops of the Ordinary Catholics of the East in Brazil, which at that time was the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro.

On 29 November 1971,

Bishop João Chedid resigned in 1990 by reason of advanced age and poor health and died in Lebanon on 30 July 1991.

The third bishop of the Maronite Church was Joseph Mahfouz who was elected on June 9, 1990, and consecrated on August 12, 1990, in Lebanon. He arrived in Brazil on October 6, 1990, taking possession on the 21st of that month and remained in front of the Maronite Archbishopric of Brazil, retiring after completing 75 years old in December 2006.

The fourth Maronite bishop of Brazil is Dom Edgard Madi who officially assumed the duties of the highest Maronite post in Brazil, on December 10, 2006.

Status

At present, in addition to the cathedral in São Paulo, there are 10 Maronite parishes throughout the country.^[4]

Leadership

• João Chedid, O.M.M. (29 November 1971 – 27 February 1988), Archbishop (personal title) (27 February 1988 – 9 June 1990 retired)
• O.L.M.
  (9 June 1990 – 14 October 2006 resigned)
• Edgard Madi (since 14 October 2006)

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