1962-09-19 Joe & Josephine Moshay Dinner for Patriarch Meouchi

Patriarch Paul Peter Meouchi Boulos Meouchi
(04/01/1894 - 01/11/1975)

Born in Jezzine on April 1st 1894, though his primary studies were attended at a school in his village, it followed with the school of the Mariamite sisters at Deir el Qamar, and finally at the college of La Sagesse. He travelled to Rome before the beginning of the First World War and continued his studies at a university. He was ordained priest on December 7th 1917.

He travelled to the United States where he spent 14 years. In April 1934 he was elected Bishop for the region of Tyre and was ordained Bishop in December 1934. In June 1955, He was elected patriarch and participated in the Second Vatican Council where he defended with boldness the rights of Patriarchs to keep the belief in the Middle East who were facing storms and hurricanes. He was the first Maronite Cardinal. During his reign Father Charbel Makhlouf was declared Blessed. He died on January 11th 1975 in Bkerké.

At the death of Patriarch Arida in 1955, the Vatican bypassed an election by the Maronite bishops and appointed the Archbishop of Tyre, Boulos Meouchi, as Patriarch. Patriarch Meouchi was a strong figure and had a significant influence on the political life in Lebanon.

In 1962 Patriarch Meouchi was the first Maronite Patriarch to visit the Maronites in the United States. On that occasion, he dedicated the Maronite Seminary in Washington, D.C. Upon the death of Patriarch Meouchi in 1975, Antoine Khreich, Archbishop of Saida, was elected to succeed him. Patriarch Khreich was confronted with the outbreak of hostilities in the country. A man of the land and of the people, he tried valiantly to restore harmony among all Lebanese. During his tenure, the Maronite Seminary of Ghazir was restored.

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