harb was born in tannourine, lebanon and was ordained a priest on june 19, 1949. he was appointed bishop to the eparchy of baalbek-deir el-ahmar on march 15, 1967 by pope paul vi and ordained bishop on may 14, 1967 by maronite patriarch of antioch, paul peter meouchi. his co-consecrators were elie farah, archeparch of cyprus and joseph khoury, archeparch of tyre. harb was appointed bishop of the eparchy of jounieh on august 4, 1977 and held this position until his retirement on june 5, 1999.