Antoine Hayek (26 August 1928 – 1 May 2010) was an

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...

bishop of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Church el, Μελχιτική Ελληνική Καθολική Εκκλησία , image = Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Damascus, Syria.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = , abbreviatio ...

and was archbishop of the

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas (in Latin: Archeparchy Caesariensis or Paneadensis) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In 2009 there were 2,500 baptized. It ...

Life

Antoine Hayek joined the Congregation of the Basilians and was ordained on 1 August 1954 to the priesthood. He was elected by the Holy Synod of the

Archbishop of Archeparchy of Banyas and Marjayoun (Caesarea Philippi) being confirmed by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

on 19 July 1989. His episcopal ordination was performed on 11 February 1990 by

Maximos V Hakim Maximos V Hakim ( ar, ماكسيموس الخامس حكيم; May 18, 1908, in Tanta, Egypt – June 29, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon) was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church i ...

, Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and his co-consecrators were

Joseph Raya Joseph Raya ( ar, يوسف رايا) (15 August 1916 – 10 June 2005) was a Lebanese-born Melkite Catholic archbishop, theologian, civil rights advocate. He served as metropolitan of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee from 1968 until 1974 an ...

, Archbishop of Acre Archeparchy of Graeco-Melkites, and

Abraham Nehmé Abraham Nehmé, BC or Ibrahim Naameh (8 October 1927 – 9 December 2022) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs in Syria. Life Nehmé was born in Kaïtouly, Lebanon on 8 October 1927. Nehmé was ordained to the priest ...

, Archbishop of Homs the Greek Melkites. Hayek was a member of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon. His age-related resignation occurred during the Holy Synod in

Ain Traz The Ain Traz Seminary of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, located southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, has served various roles during its 200-year history. History The village of Ain Traz was home to the Maronite Saad clan, members of whom where Fren ...

, which took place from 9 to 14 October 2006.

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* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bani0.htm 1928 births 2010 deaths Melkite Greek Catholic bishops 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops {{Lebanon-reli-bio-stub