| Full name |
Mar Elias Abdallah Zaidan |
| Title |
Archbishop |
| Order / dioces |
St Louis - Missouri |
| Country |
USA |
| Address |
1021 S. 10th Street, St.Louis 63104 (Chancery Office)Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St Peter Cathedral, 333 So. San Vincente Blvd, L.A. 90048 |
| Phone |
+13142311021 / +13102756634 |
| Fax |
+13142311418 / +13108580856 |
| Mobile |
+13108800001 / +9613434764 |
| Email |
[email protected] / [email protected] |
| Biography |
Mar Elias Abdallah Zaidan (born on March 10, 1963, in Kosaybé, Lebanon) is a Maronite Catholic bishop, or eparch, in the United States. He has served as the third eparch of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles since 2013. Abdallah Elias Zaidan was born in Kosaybé, Lebanon. He professed perpetual vows as a member of the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries on September 26, 1984, and was ordained a priest on July 20, 1986. As a priest Zaidan served as a school administrator and as a pastor of several parishes, including as rector of Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral. He speaks Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. Pope Francis named Zaidan the Eparch of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles on July 10, 2013. He was ordained a bishop on September 28, 2013, by Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, O.M.M., the Patriarch of Antioch. Eparch-Emeritus Robert Joseph Shaheen and Archeparch Camille Zaidan of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias in Lebanon were the co-consecrators. |
| Arabic full name |
المطران الياس عبدالله زيدان |
| Arabic first name |
الياس |
| Arabic consecrated name |
أسقف أبرشيّة سيّدة لبنان - لوس أنجلس للموارنة |
| Arabic father name |
عبدالله |
| Arabic family name |
زيدان |
| Pobox |
St. Louis, Missouri 63104 / Los Angeles - California 90048 |
