Khalīl al-Haddād, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lebanese catholic priest (1875-1954)
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Place of Birth: Ghazir, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon
About Khalīl al-Haddād
- Blessed Khalil al-Haddad (1 February 1875 - 26 June 1954) - in religious Ya'Qub from Ghazir - was a Lebanese Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor as a Capuchin friar.
- He was the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross.
- He was a noted preacher and founder of various orphanages and schools across Lebanon.
- Presidents of the state honored him with various awards while the populace compared him to the likes of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Giovanni Bosco. His beatification process opened in 1979 when he was titled as a Servant of God and Pope John Paul II named him as Venerable on 21 December 1992.
- Pope Benedict XVI approved his beatification and delegated Cardinal José Saraiva Martins to preside over the celebration on 22 June 2008 in Beirut.
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