Paul-Mounged El-Hachem
{{Short description|Roman Catholic archbishop (1934–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Paul-Mounged El-Hachem
| title = Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula
Titular Archbishop of Darnis
| predecessor = Giuseppe De Andrea
| successor = Petar Rajič
| appointed = 27 August 2005
| term_end = 2 December 2009
| other_post = Titular Archbishop of Darnis (2005–2022)
| ordination = 28 March 1959
| ordained_by = Emile-Arsène Blanchet
| consecration = 13 September 1995
| consecrated_by = Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, Boutros Gemayel and Roland Aboujaoudé
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|9|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Akoura, Lebanon
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|7|1934|9|8|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| previous_post = Eparch of Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (Maronite) (1995–2005)
| religion= Catholic Church
| church = Maronite Church
| nationality = Lebanese
}}
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Paul-Mounged El-Hachem ({{langx|ar|بول منجد الهاشم}}; 8 September 1934 – 7 October 2022) was a Lebanese Maronite prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, and as apostolic delegate to the Arabian Peninsula. He headed the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar from 1995 to 2005.
Biography
El-Hachem was born on 8 September 1934 in Aqoura, Lebanon. He was ordained a priest of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch on 28 March 1959. He worked for years in Lebanon.
El-Hachem studied at the seminary in Ghazir and went on to continue his education at Carmes Seminary in Paris. He had master's degrees in journalism, international studies, and social studies. He received a doctorate in theology and canon law from the Catholic University of Paris. He spoke Arabic, French, Italian, English, Syriac, Latin, Greek and Aramaic.{{Cite web|url=http://www.avona.org/nunciature/msgr_mounged_el_hachem.htm#.WTFLAWjyhEY|title=Most Rev. Mounged El-Hachem Titular Archbishop of Darnis |website= Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia | access-date=2 June 2017}}
Pope John Paul II awarded him on, 11 December 1978, an Honorific Chaplain of His Holiness.[Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1982], Città del Vaticano 1982, S. 1775.
From 1967 to 1970, he served as director of the Arabic programs for Vatican Radio. From 1970 to 1978, he was an official of the Commission for Social Communications, vice-director for the Holy See Press Office. In 1974 he was appointed delegate in charge of the Vatican Film Library.{{Cite web|url= https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_pro_14101999_en.html|title=Vatican web site|website=www.vatican.va|access-date=2 June 2017}}
From 1978 to 1995, El-Hachem worked at the Vatican Secretariat of State. From 1991 to 2004 he was a professor of Islamic law at the Pontifical Lateran University.{{Cite web|url=http://christiansandmuslims.com/articles-christians-muslims/the-west-needs-to-better-understand-islam-retired-nuncio/|title=Christians and Muslims » "The West Needs to Better Understand Islam" – Retired Nuncio|website=christiansandmuslims.com|date=24 April 2012 |access-date=2 June 2017}}
On 30 October 1993 he was appointed head of the General Affairs Section of the Vatican Secretariat of State.{{Cite web|url=https://zenit.org/articles/new-nuncio-named-for-gulf-states-and-arabia/|title=New Nuncio Named for Gulf States and Arabia |website= Zenit |date=29 August 2005 |language=en-US|access-date=2 June 2017}}
On 10 June 1995, he was appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-Ahmar, succeeding Philippe Boutros Chebaya. The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, consecrated him as a bishop on 13 September 1995.{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/7302378.stm | title = Vatican-Saudi talks on churches | date= 18 March 2008 | publisher = BBC News }} His co-consecrators were Boutros Gemayel, Archeparch of Cyprus and Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch.
On 27 August 2005, El-Hachem was appointed Titular Archbishop of Darnis and named apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen and Qatar and apostolic delegate to the Arabian Peninsula.{{cite press release | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/08/27/0440/01029.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 27.08.2005 | date = 27 August 2005 | access-date = 16 October 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}} On 4 August 2007 El-Hachem was appointed apostolic nuncio to the United Arab Emirates as well.{{cite press release | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/08/04/0415/01115.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 04.08.2007 | date = 4 August 2007| access-date = 6 January 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}
El-Hachem retired when he was replaced in those positions on 2 December 2009.{{cite press release | access-date = 15 June 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/12/02/0757/01793.html | language = it | date= 2 December 2009 |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 02.12.2009 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }} He died on 7 October 2022, at the age of 88.{{cite news |title=La morte dell'arcivescovo El-Hachem nunzio apostolico |url=https://www.osservatoreromano.va/it/news/2022-10/quo-231/la-morte-dell-arcivescovo-el-hachem-nunzio-apostolico.html |access-date=8 October 2022 |publisher=L'Osservatore Romano |date=8 October 2022}}
See also
References
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{{s-bef | before=Philippe Boutros Chebaya}}
{{s-ttl | title=Eparch of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar|years=1995–2015}}
{{s-aft | after=Simon Atallah}}
{{s-bef | before=Raffaele Baratta}}
{{s-ttl | title=Titular Archbishop of Darnis|years=2005–2022}}
{{s-aft | after=Vacant}}
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External links
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- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/baal1.htm
- [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/belhachem.html Paul-Mounged El-Hachem at Catholic Hierarchy]
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Category:People from Byblos District
Category:Lebanese Roman Catholic archbishops
Category:Lebanese Roman Catholics
Category:21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops
Category:20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Kuwait
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Bahrain
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Yemen
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Qatar