Youhanna Fouad El-Hage (born 13 March 1939 in Zahle, Lebanon - died on 4 May 2005) was a Lebanese Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon, and served as President of both Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Lebanon.
Life
editOn March 17, 1968 El-Hage was ordained priest. He studied in Rome, in the United States and in Beirut. On 7 June 1997, El-Hage was appointed Maronite Archbishop of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon. His episcopal consecration took place on 1 November 1997 by the hands of the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, and his co-consecrators were Roland Aboujaoudé, Titular bishop of Antioch and Georges Scandar, Eparch of Zahleh.
In Lebanon, he was known as "bishop of the poor" by Christians and Muslims.
El-Hage died on May 4, 2005.
Other activities
edit- President of Caritas Lebanon since 1991.[1]
- President of Caritas MONA (Middle East / North Africa).[1]
- President of the worldwide Caritas network (Caritas Internationalis)[2][3][4] from 1999[1] to 2005, which consists of 162 national Caritas organizations.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Association Mgr Youhanna Fouad el-Hage, président de Caritas international" [Association Mgr Youhanna Fouad el-Hage, President of Caritas International]. L'Orient-Le Jour. 18 June 1999 [18 June 1999]. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Message to H.E. Msgr. Youhanna Fouald El-Hage, President of Caritas Internationalis (July 4, 2003) | John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "Letter to Caritas Internationalis During the Last Supper for the acquisition of a public, juridic and canonical personality (September 16, 2004) | John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "VATICAN - "Commitment for peace and reconciliation: the Pope's legacy which Caritas Inernationalis intends to carry forward"; said Maronite Archbishop Fouad el-Hage of Tripoli (Lebanon), President of Caritas Internationalis - Agenzia Fides". www.fides.org. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
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