John Peter El Hajj
| John XII Peter El Hajj (يوحنا الثاني عشر بطرس الحاج) |
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| Church | Maronite Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Elected | April 28, 1890 |
| Term ended | December 24, 1898 |
| Predecessor | Paul Peter Massad |
| Successor | Elias Peter Hoayek |
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| Ordination | December 26, 1839 (Priest) |
| Consecration | August 15, 1861 (Bishop) |
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| Born | November 1, 1817 Dlebta, Keserwan District |
| Died | December 24, 1898 Bkerké, Lebanon |
John XII Peter El Hajj (1 November 1817 in Dlebta, Keserwan District – 24 December 1898 in Bkerké), (or Youhanna Boutros El Hajj, El-Hage, El-Haj, El-Hadj, Arabic: يوحنا الثاني عشر بطرس الحاج), was an Eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek and 71st Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1890 until his death in 1898.
John Peter El Hajj was born in the village of Dlebta, in the Keserwan District, Lebanon on November 1, 1817, son of the priest of the village. He studied in the seminary of 'Ain-Warka and was ordinated priest on December 26, 1839.
After having studied Islamic law, on May 10, 1844 he was appointed judge in Mount Lebanon, a position he held till 1855 when be became secretary of Archbishop Paolo Brunoni, a Cypriot who was the Apostolic Legate of Syria. During the 1860 Lebanon conflict he took refuge in Beirut.
He was appointed eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek and consecrated bishop on August 15, 1861 by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Paul Peter Massad. In 1867 he followed Patriarch Massad in his travels to Rome, Paris and Istanbul. After Massad's death, John Peter El Hajj was unanimously elected patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites on April 28, 1890. El Hajj took the name Boutros Youhanna XII, being enthroned on May 4, 1890. He was confirmed by the Holy See in the consistory of 23 June of the same year.
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