Elie Farah /ref> (27 December 1909 in Kafar Berhem,
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 ...
– 22 July 2003) was Archbishop of the
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus
Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus (Latin: ''Archeparchy Cyprensis Maronitarum'') is a seat of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See. It is currently ruled by Archeparch Joseph Soueif.
Territory and statistics
The archepa ...
from 1954 to 1986.
Life
Elie Farah received on April 9, 1935 the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood. On 16 April 1954 he was appointed by
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
Archbishop of the Maronite Archeparchy of Cyprus with headquarters in Nicosia. His episcopal ordination occurred on September 26, 1954, by the former Archbishop of Tyre and future Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites
Paul Peter Meouchi
Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi (born April 1, 1894, Jezzine, Lebanon – died on January 11, 1975, Bkerké, Lebanon), (or ''Boulos Boutros el-Meouchi'', ''Meoushi'', ar, بولس الثاني بطرس المعوشي) was the 74th Maronite Pa ...
on 26 September 1954 and his co-consecrators were Eparch of Cairo Pietro Dib and the Archeparch of Beirut
Ignace Ziadé
Ignatius Ziadé (also Ignace Ziade; ar, إغناطيوس زياده, 26 January 1906 in Herharaya, Lebanon – 31 March 1994 in Beirut, Lebanon) was the Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo and the Maronite Catholic Archepar ...
. Farah attended the sessions one, three and four of the
Second Vatican Council
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the , or , was the 21st Catholic ecumenical councils, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. The council met in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for four periods (or sessions) ...
. On 4 April 1986 his age-related resignation was accepted 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 ...