Elias Rahal, SMSP(born on 14 April 1942 in Ras Baalbek,
Lebanon) is since 28 June 2004 the incumbent Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baalbek in Lebanon.
The Pontifical Lateran
University published in 2007 the written Elias Rahal's PhD thesis, in French:"Le Synod de l'Eglise Grecque Melkite Catholic tenu a Jerusalem
en 1849 etude historique, théologique et canonique Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis, Theses ad doctoratum in iure canonico.