Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo, Brazil (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Continent: South America

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo / Dominæ Nostræ Paradisi S. Pauli Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Paraíso (August 15)

History

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.17 – ...):

Bishop Georges Toufik Khoury (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Bishop Georges Toufik Khoury (54)
(2019.06.17 – ...)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Born:	1970.02.14 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1999.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.08.25

Priest of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1999.04.14 – 2019.06.17)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (2019.06.17 – ...)

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.05.23 – 2019.06.17)

Bishop Joseph Gébara (59) (later Archbishop)
(2014.07.21 – 2018.02.20)

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan)

Born:	1965.06.10 (Amatour, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1993.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.21

Priest of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1993.07.10 – 2013.10.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (2013.10.31 – 2014.07.21)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (2014.07.21 – 2018.02.20)

Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites (Jordan) (2018.02.20 – ...)

Archbishop Farès Maakaroun (84)
(1999.12.18 – 2014.07.21)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil)

Dai-lhes vós mesmos de comer

Born:	1940.11.12 (Hauch-Hala-Rayak, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.17

Archbishop of Latakia of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1995.07.31 – 1999.12.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (1999.12.18 – 2014.07.21)

Bishop Pierre Mouallem, M.S.P. (96) (later Archbishop)
(1990.04.20 – 1998.07.29)

Archbishop emeritus of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel)

Born:	1928.05.10 (Aïlaboun, Israel)
Ordained Priest:	1955.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.29

Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul (1975 – 1987)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (1990.04.20 – 1998.07.29)

Archbishop of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (1998.07.29 – 2003.07.18)

Bishop Spiridon Mattar
(1978.06.22 – 1990.04.20)

Born:	1921.03.01 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1946.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.07.20
Died:	2014.07.26 († 93)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (1978.06.22 – 1990.04.20)

Bishop Elias Coueter
(1971.11.29 – 1978.06.22)

Born:	1896.08.15 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1925.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.02.05
Died:	1985.06.16 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Taua (1960.11.25 – 1971.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1960.11.25 – 1971.11.29)

Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.06.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Gébara (59) (later Archbishop) (2013.10.31 – 2014.07.21)

Greek-Melkite Diocese of

Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo

Brazil

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (7)

Statistics (2022.12.31)