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.