Moussa El-Hage (Arabic: موسى الحاج, born on 19 February 1954, in Aintoura, Lebanon),[1] is a Maronite Catholic eparch, now Archbishop of the Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan.
[1] In addition to Arabic, El-Hage speaks English, French and Italian; and knows the languages Syriac, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.
After being ordained, he received several orders in the Maronite pastoral mission in southern Lebanon (until 1985), and was rector of the seminary of St. Anthony of Padua in Karmsadi.
[1] On June 16, 2012 Pope Benedict XVI confirmed his appointment as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Palestine and Jordan, as well as Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land.
On January 27, 2014 Pope Francis named him apostolic administrator of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Akka of Greek-Melkites after the resignation of the holder Elias Chacour.