Robert Joseph Shaheen
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His Grace, The Most Reverend Robert Joseph Shaheen |
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| Eparch Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles | |
| Church | Maronite Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles |
| Installed | February 15, 2001 |
| Term ended | July 10, 2013 |
| Predecessor | John George Chedid |
| Successor | Abdallah Elias Zaidan |
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| Ordination | May 2, 1964 by Francis Mansour Zayek |
| Consecration | February 15, 2001 by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Francis Mansour Zayek, Roland Aboujaoudé, John George Chedid and Stephen Youssef Doueihi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 June 1937 Danbury, Connecticut |
| Died | 9 August 2017 (aged 80) St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Spoken style | His Grace |
| Religious style | Eparch |
Robert Joseph Shaheen (3 June 1937 – 9 August 2017) was an American clergyman of the Maronite Catholic Church. He was the former Eparch of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon. He resided at St. Raymond's Cathedral in St. Louis, Missouri.
Shaheen was born to Albert and Aileen Shaheen in Danbury, Connecticut; his grandfather came to the United States from Lebanon in 1898. He attended St. Peter Grammar School and Danbury High School before entering the Latin Church St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield in 1955. In 1958, he transferred to the Eastern rite St. Basil Seminary in Methuen, Massachusetts, while attending classes at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
After being ordained a subdeacon (October 2, 1962) and deacon (June 7, 1963), Shaheen was ordained a priest by Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek on May 2, 1964, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Shortly after his ordination, he became pastor of St. Raymond's Church in St. Louis, Missouri, which had then been without a resident priest for over 20 years. Under his leadership, St. Raymond's went from just a few faithful parishioners using a four-family apartment to a cathedral with hundreds of active families.
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