Agustin Bostani (29 November 1876 in Dair al-Qamar,

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

– 30 October 1957) was an

eparch Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on t ...

of the

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon (in Latin: Eparchia Sidoniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2014 there were 156,000 baptized. It is currently headed ...

. On 20 April 1899 Bostani was ordained to the priesthood. On 23 February 1919 he was appointed Eparch of Sidon and on 2 March 1919 the

Maronite Patriarch of Antioch This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the Primate (bishop), primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming patriarch of the Maronite Ca ...

Elias Peter Hoayek Elias Peter Hoayek ( ar, الياس بطرس الحويّك; 4 December 1843 – 24 December 1931; also spelled Hoyek, Hwayek, Huayek, Juayek, Hawayek, Houwayek) was the 72nd Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites, the largest Christian Catholic ...

consecrated him bishop. Bostani was Eparch of Sidon more than 38 years and died on 30 October 1957apostolische-nachfolge.de
/ref> at the age of 80.

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbost.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/said1.htm 1876 births 1957 deaths Boustani family Lebanese Maronites 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops Eastern Catholic bishops in Lebanon {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub