João Chedid
João Chedid OMM , also Jean Chedid , (born February 18, 1914 in Kherbet-Kanafar , Lebanon , † July 31, 1991 ) was a Lebanese clergyman and the first Maronite bishop of São Paulo in Brazil .
Life
Chedid was ordained a priest of the Mariamite Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 20, 1941 .
On April 21, 1956, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the auxiliary bishop in the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil and Titular Bishop of Arca in Phenicia dei Maroniti . The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the whole of the Orient , Pierre-Paul Cardinal Méouchi , donated him episcopal ordination on June 29, 1956 ; Co- consecrators were Pietro Dib , Bishop of Cairo , and Anton Peter Khoraiche , Bishop of Sidon . In addition to the office of auxiliary bishop, he was also patriarchal vicar from 1956 to 1967 .
On November 29, 1971 he was appointed Bishop of São Paulo , in this office he was given the personal title of Archbishop on February 27, 1988 . He was a council father during the second session of the Second Vatican Council . In 1961 he was co-consecrator of Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir .
With age, he was on June 9, 1990 emeritus .
Web links
- Entry on João Chedid on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 8, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo 1971–1990 |
Joseph Mahfouz |
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| SURNAME | Chedid, João |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chedid, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese bishop in Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kherbet Kanafar , Lebanon |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1991 |