Georges Chihane [SEP] date of birth
Georges Chihane
Georges Chihane (born 31 May 1953 in Haret Sakhr, Lebanon) is the current bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo.
Life.
Georges Chihane studied at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and received on 12 August 1979 his priestly ordination.
Pope Benedict XVI confirmed his appointment as Bishop of Cairo on June 16, 2012. Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, donated to him on 28 July of the same year the episcopal ordination; his co-consecrators
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Cairo of the Maronites (in Latin: Eparchy Cahirensis Maronitarum) is a seat of the Maronite Church suffragan of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites. It is currently ruled by eparch Georges Chihane.
Territory and statistics.
The eparchy extends to all the faithful of the Maronites in Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan. Its eparchial seat is the city of Cairo, where the cathedral of St. Joseph is located.
The eparchy at the end of 2013 had