Chorbishop Peter Rabil

Portrait of Chorbishop Peter Rabil, a priest of the Maronite Church. Peter Rabil was born July 10, 1884 in Hammana, Lebanon to Daher and Mariam Rabil. He emigrated in 1913 and settled in Goldsboro, NC where he served as priest to the local community although they did not have a church. In 1917, he became the first pastor of St. Elias Maronite Church in Roanoke, VA.

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