Joseph Mahfouz
Joseph Mahfouz OLM (born February 20, 1932 in Ghadir; † August 25, 2010 ) was a Lebanese clergyman and Maronite bishop of São Paulo . He was the third eparch of the Maronite Church in Brazil.
Life
Joseph Mahfouz joined the order of the Baladites and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1960 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo in São Paulo on June 9, 1990 . The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the whole East, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir , donated him episcopal ordination on August 12 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops in Antioch , Roland Aboujaoudé and Béchara Raï OMM .
He resigned on October 14, 2006 as Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo.
Joseph Mahfouz died of complications from cancer and was buried in the Nisbei Ghosta cemetery in Lebanon.
Fonts
- Saint Charbel Makhlouf: monk and hermit of the Lebanese Maronite Order. 1976
- LA SERVANTE DE DIEU La soeur RAFQA DE HIMALAYA. Rome 1980
- Short history of the Maronite Church. Imprimerie St. Paul 1986
- The blessed Nimatullah Kassab Al-Hardini. In: Volume 26 of Third Centennial Lebanese Maronite Order publications , Monastery of Saints Cyprian and Justine 1998
- The blessed Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini: his life, words and spiritualities. Lebanese Maronite Order
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| João Chedid OMM (Jean Chedid) |
Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo 1990-2006 |
Edgar Madi |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahfouz, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mahfouz, Joseph OLM |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese clergyman, Maronite bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghadir |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 2010 |