7 May 1950 Ordained Priest
1951-1955 Priest of Rayfoun Parish.
In charge of the secretariat of the Maronite Bishopric of Damascus.
1956 Secretary of the Maronite Patriarchate - Bkerke.
Professor of translation in literature and philosophy at the Freres Maronite School - Jounieh.
19 June 1961 Titular bishop of Tarse and Patriarchal Vicar.
3 July 1961 Confirmation of his election by His Holiness Pope John XXIII.
16 July 1961
Ordained Bishop
1961-1986
Patriarchal Vicar and Secretary of the Maronite Patriarchate.
19 April 1986
Elected Maronite Patriarch for Antioch and all the East.
7 May 1986
His Holiness Pope John Paul II entrusted him the "ecclesiastic communio" .
26 November 1994
Created Cardinal by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
1995 Delegate President of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Lebanon.

Publications (in Arabic language)
1. Of the sources of the Gospel, Bkerke, 1975,416p.
2. Personalities that disappeared from 1961 - 1974 in 2 volumes, Bkerke, 1984
3. Sunday Sermons: spiritual reflections and stand of national positions, many volumes, Bkerke, 1988....