Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.)

Aleppians

Also known as: Ordre Maronite de la bienheureuse Vierge Marie (Mariamite) (français) / Ordine Maronita Mariamita (Aleppini) (Italiano) / Ordo Maronita Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (latine) / Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra / Mariamitischer Maroniten-Orden (Deutsch) / Zakon Maronicki Błogosławionej Maryi Dziewicy (polski)

Type: Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Statistics: 24 houses, 94 members (86 priests) (2021)

Address: Couvent Notre Dame de Louaize, B.P. 31, Zouk-Mosbeh, Lebanon

Phone: (09) 219.262

Website:

History

1695.11.10: Established as Mariamite Maronite Order (Aleppians) (English) / Ordre Maronite de la bienheureuse Vierge Marie (Mariamite) (français) / Ordine Maronita Mariamita (Aleppini) (Italiano) / Ordo Maronita Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (latine) / Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra / Mariamitischer Maroniten-Orden (Deutsch) / Zakon Maronicki Błogosławionej Maryi Dziewicy (polski) / O.M.M.

Churches

2 churches

Superiors

Superior General:	Abbot Pierre Najem (2021.03.29 – ...)
Superior General:	Abbot Maroun Chidiac, O.M.M. (2017 – 2021.03.29)
Superior General:	Abbot Boutros Tarabay, O.M.M. (2011.07 – 2017)
Superior General:	Abbot Semaan Abou Abdou, O.M.M. (2005.07 – 2011.07)
Superior General:	Fr. François Eid, O.M.M. (79) (later Bishop) (1999 – 2005.07)

Living Bishops (1 Cardinal, 2 Bishops)

Cardinal Béchara Pierre Raï (83), Cardinal-Patriarch, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon), President of Synod of the Maronite Church, President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon and President of Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East

Bishop Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (56), Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina)

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M. (79), Bishop emeritus of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)

Other Present Prelates (1)

Fr. Fadi Abou Chebel, O.M.M. (53), Apostolic Exarch of Colombia of the Maronites (Colombia)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop)

1991: Archbishop João Chedid, O.M.M., Archbishop-Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo of the Maronites (Brazil)

Last updated on 2023.05.17