Paul-Emile Saadé

Paul-Emile Saadé (9 July 1933 – 21 September 2022) was a Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate who was Emeritus Maronite Eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun.^[1]

His Excellency Paul-Emile Saadé
Eparch of Batroun
Appointed	5 June 1999
Term ended	5 June 2011
Predecessor	Youhanna Habqoug Albecha'alani
Successor	Mounir Khairallah
Previous post(s)	Titular Bishop of Antiochia and Apamea in Syria (1986–1999)
Orders
Ordination	12 April 1958
Consecration	12 July 1986 by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Personal details
Born	(1933-07-09)9 July 1933 Ehden, Lebanon
Died	21 September 2022(2022-09-21) (aged 89) Zgharta, Lebanon

Life

Paul-Emile Saadé was born in Ehden, Mount Lebanon on 9 July 1933.

Saadé received his priestly ordination on 12 April 1958. On 2 May 1986, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti and auxiliary bishop of Antioch. Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ordained him bishop on 12 July of the same year. His co-consecrators were Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary bishop of Antioch, Georges Abi-Saber, Auxiliary bishop of Antioch, Chucrallah Harb, Eparch of Jounieh, Joseph Mohsen Béchara, Archeparch of Cyprus, Khalil Abi-Nader, Archeparch of Beirut, Ignace Ziadé, Emeritus Archeparch of Beirut, Antoine Joubeir, Archeparch of Tripoli, Elie Farah, Emeritus Archeparch of Cyprus, Joseph Merhi, Eparch of Cairo and Ibrahim Hélou, Eparch of Sidon.^[2]

On 5 June 1999, Saadé was appointed bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Batroun. On 5 June 2011, his resignation by reason of age was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI.

Saadé died on 21 September 2022, at the age of 89.