Moussa El-Hage
Moussa El-Hage OAM (born February 19, 1954 in Aintoura ) is a Lebanese clergyman and Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan .
Life
Moussa El-Hage joined the Order of the Maronite Antonians in 1972, made perpetual profession in 1979 and was ordained a priest on August 14, 1980 .
Pope Benedict XVI confirmed the appointment as Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan on June 16, 2012.
The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and of the whole Orient , Béchara Pierre Raï OMM , ordained him episcopal on July 28th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Samir Mazloum , Curia Bishop Emeritus in Antioch, Guy-Paul Noujaim , Curia Bishop Emeritus in Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh , Paul Youssef Matar , Archbishop of Beirut , Francis Némé Baïssari , Auxiliary Bishop emeritus in Joubbé and Joubbé, Sarah , Curia Bishop in Antioch, Joseph Mohsen Béchara , Old Archbishop of Antelien , Simon Atallah OAM, Bishop of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar , François Eid OMM, Procurator of the Maronite Patriarch at the Holy See , Edgar Amine São Madi , Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em Paulo , and Michel Aoun , Bishop of Jbeil .
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Paul Nabil El-Sayah |
Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land since 2012 |
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Paul Nabil El-Sayah |
Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine since 2012 |
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Paul Nabil El-Sayah |
Patriarchal Exarch of Jordan since 2012 |
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SURNAME | El-Hage, Moussa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese minister, Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aintoura |