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Father Pierre Azzi was born on April 27th, 1963, to Michel Azzi and Renée Maroun(RIP) in Rmeileh Lebanon. He is the sixth of seven siblings: Georges, Joseph, Jamal, Anwar, Therese, Pierre(Boutros) and Haifa. He received his elementary and secondary education in Saida, Jieh, Jezzine and Beirut, Lebanon.

At a young age, he began his involvement with apostolic movements and other activities with his local church.  In 1989 he moved to Montreal, Québec in Canada.  He immediately started to get involved with St. Maroun Parish. He took part in founding the Confraternity of Mary and was involved with the Marian Apostolic Movement and other youth activities. He played a leading role in organizing and coordinating the pilgrimage youth group for the Jubilee 2000 and different World Youth Day events.

In 1993, he entered the seminary at Le Grand Seminaire de Montreal. He later received his degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the Latran University in Rome.

  He was ordained deacon on January 8th, 2001 and priest on March 2nd, 2003 by his Excellency Mgr. Joseph Khoury, Bishop of the Diocese of St. Maroun in Canada.

He served as an auxiliary Pastor at the Cathedral of St. Maroun in Montreal and was very active in organizing and directing different youth groups and activities including the Marian Apostolic Movement, Knights of Mary, Scouts, Dabkeh and Karate. He organized and supported spiritual activities outside the Parish at different parts of Montreal and was appointed by the Diocese to several external pastoral missions including Calgary, Windsor, Leamington and Ottawa.

On September 9th , 2006 he was appointed by His Excellency Bishop Khoury, new Pastor of Our Lady Of Lebanon, Halifax, N.S, replacing retired  Msgr. K.A Aoukar.


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