Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo, Brazil (Maronite Rite)

Continent: South America

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo / Dominæ Nostræ Libanen(sis) S. Pauli Maronitarum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1971.11.29: Established as Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo / Dominæ Nostræ Libanen(sis) S. Pauli Maronitarum (Latin) (from Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil and became suffragan of São Paulo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.10.14 – ...):

Bishop Edgar Amine Madi (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Edgar Amine Madi (69)
(2006.10.14 – ...)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil)

União e Caridade

Born:	1956.03.23 (Beit-Mery, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.11.26

Priest of Beirut of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1983.08.14 – 2006.10.14)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil) (2006.10.14 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M.
(1990.06.09 – 2006.10.14)

Munus et Caritas

Born:	1932.02.20 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.08.12
Died:	2010.08.25 († 78)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil) (1990.06.09 – 2006.10.14)

Archbishop João Chedid, O.M.M.
(1988.02.27 – 1990.06.09)

Born:	1914.02.18 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.06.29
Died:	1991.07.31 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites (1956.05.04 – 1956.05.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) ([1956.04.21] 1956.05.04 – 1971.11.29)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1988.02.27)

Archbishop-Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil) (1988.02.27 – 1990.06.09)

Bishop João Chedid, O.M.M. (later Archbishop)
(1971.11.29 – 1988.02.27)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Líbano, São Paulo, São Paulo

Churches by City (11)

San Charbel en Buenos Aires (↙)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 528,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes

Personnel: 14 priests (9 diocesan, 5 religious), 8 deacons, 5 religious (5 brothers), 1 seminarian

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