Paul Dahdah

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Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. (born on 8 January 1941 in Zgharta, Lebanon)[1] is the current bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut.

Life

Paul Dahdah joined to the Order of the Discalced Carmelites and received on 17 April 1966 his ordination to the priesthood.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 30 May 1983 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baghdad. He received his episcopal consecration of the Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon, Luciano Angeloni, on 21 August of the same year. His co-consecrators were Raphael I Bidawid, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and Paul Bassim, OCD, Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut.

On 30 July 1999 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Beirut and Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia.

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