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Chucrallah Harb

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Chucrallah Harb
Bishop of the Eparchy of Jounieh (Maronite)
Church Maronite Church
See Eparchy of Jounieh (Maronite)
In office 1977 – 1999
Predecessor none
Successor Antoine Nabil Andari
Previous post Prelate
Orders
Ordination June 19, 1949
Personal details
Born May 5, 1923
Tannourine, Lebanon
Died 31 December 2019 (aged 96)

Chucrallah Boutros Harb (May 5, 1923 – December 31, 2019) was a Lebanese Hierarch of Maronite Church and an eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek and Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jounieh.

Biography

Harb was born in Tannourine, Lebanon, and was ordained a priest on June 19, 1949. He was appointed bishop to the Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar on March 15, 1967, by Pope Paul VI and ordained bishop on May 14, 1967, by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Paul Peter Meouchi. His co-consecrators were Elie Farah, Archeparch of Cyprus and Joseph Khoury, Archeparch of Tyre. Harb was appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Jounieh on August 4, 1977, and held this position until his retirement on June 5, 1999.