Cathedral celebrates 50 years of a Maronite Bishop’s U.S. presence
Months of anticipation and preparation came to fruition recently with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the presence of a Maronite bishop in the USA.
Prelates, clergy, deacons, subdeacons, parishioners and civic leaders from across the U.S. filled the Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Brooklyn Heights to celebrate the Divine Liturgy in thanksgiving.
Concelebrating the Divine Liturgy, and in attendance with Bishop Gregory Mansour, were Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the USA-Personal Representative of His Holiness Pope Francis; Mar Thomas Eusebius, Syro-Malankar Bishop of the USA; Mar Barnaba Yousif Habash, Syriac Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance, USA; Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, Bishop the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles; Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York; Bishop Nicolas DiMarzio, Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens; Archbishop Bernadito Auza, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations; Bishop Octavio Cisneros, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn and Queens; Chorbishop Michael Thomas, Vicar General of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn and Monsignor James Root, Cathedral Rector.