On 29 August 1964, Merhi was ordained priest and became Chaplain of the
MLM. His appointment as first bishop of the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires took place on 5 October 1990.
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch,
Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir consecrated him bishop on 2 December 1990. His co-consecrators were Bishop
Georges Abi-Saber,
OLM, from Canada and
Roland Aboujaoudé,
auxiliary bishop of Antioch. Merhi was installed as eparchy on 17 March 1991. As a participant in the Special Assembly of the
Synod of Bishops for the
Middle East, in October 2010, he stressed the need for peace between Christians and Muslims, because, as he pointed out, they are all children of
Abraham. On 17 April 2013,
Pope Francis accepted his resignation. ==References==