Tanios El Khoury
His Excellency Tanios El Khoury | |
|---|---|
| Eparch of Sidon | |
| Appointed | 8 June 1996 |
| Term ended | 28 December 2005 |
| Predecessor | Ibrahim Hélou |
| Successor | Elias Nassar |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 June 1958 |
| Consecration | 5 October 1996 by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1930 |
| Died | 20 September 2022 (aged 92) |
Tanios El Khoury (4 May 1930 – 20 September 2022) was an eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon.
Life
[edit]El Khoury was born in Saghbine, Lebanon. On 14 June 1958, he received his ordination to the priesthood and was incardinated in the clergy of the Eparchy of Sidon. On 8 June 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed him Eparch of Sidon. The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, ordained him bishop on 5 October of the same year. His co-consecrators were Boutros Gemayel, Archeparch of Cyprus, and Roland Aboujaoudé, auxiliary bishop of Antioch. On 28 December 2005, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related resignation.
External links
[edit]- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkhout.html
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/said1.htm
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