François Ayoub (born on 11 July 1899 in

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

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- died on 2 June 1966) was a Syrian Archbishop of the

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and the

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Life

On 16 May 1925, Françoise Ayoub was ordained a priest. His appointment as Archbishop of the

took place on 28 November 1942 and he was consecrated bishop on 14 February 1943 by

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Anthony Peter Arida Anthony II Peter Arida (August 2, 1863 – May 19, 1955) (or ''Selim Ben Abdel Ahad Arida'', ''Antoine Boutros Arida'', ar, أنطونيوس الثاني بطرس عريضة) was bishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and 73rd ...

, and his co-consecrators were Abdallah Khoury,

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of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti, Elie Rischa, Eparch of Baalbek, Elie Chedid, Titular Archbishop of Cyrruhs per i Maroniti,

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, Archeparch of Aleppo and

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, Archeparch of Damascus. In 1950, he was co-consecrator of the

Anthony Peter Khoraish Patriarch Moran Mor Anthony III Peter Khoraish (September 20, 1907 – August 19, 1994), (or ''Antonios Boutros Khoraish'', ''Antoine Pierre Khreich'', ''Khraish'', ''Khoraiche'', ar, أنطونيوس الثالث بطرس خريش), was the 75t ...

. On 16 April 1954, Ayoub was named to the Archeparchy of Aleppo and at the same time he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the

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. He participated in the four sessions of the

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(1962-1965).

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bayoub.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20170702013321/http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/asien2.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayoub, Francois 1899 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops Syrian Maronites Place of death missing People from Aleppo Participants in the Second Vatican Council