Rafic Warcha
Youhanna Rafic Warcha (born November 1, 1971 in Okaibé , Mount Lebanon Governorate , Lebanon ) is a Lebanese clergyman and emeritus Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch .
Life
Rafic Warcha received On 17 August 1996 by the Bishop of Jounieh , Chucrallah Harb , the sacrament of Holy Orders .
The Synod of the Syrian-Maronite Church of Antioch elected him curia bishop at the Patriarchate in Beirut. Pope Francis confirmed the election on February 14, 2018 and appointed him titular bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti . The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the whole of the Orient , Béchara Pierre Cardinal Raï OMM , ordained him episcopal on April 7th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh, Antoine Nabil Andari , and the curial bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch, Hanna G. Alwan CML .
Rafic Warcha resigned as Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch on June 15, 2019.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ assenso del Santo Padre alla nomina del Rev.do Rafic Warcha a Vescovo di Curia della Chiesa patriarcale maronita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 14, 2018, accessed February 14, 2018 (Italian).
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| SURNAME | Warcha, Rafic |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warcha, Youhanna Rafic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese clergyman and bishop of the Curia in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st November 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Okaibé , Mount Lebanon Governorate , Lebanon |