Gabriel Toubia (born on 15 August 1930 in Darbechtar,

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– died on 6 April 1997) was a Maronite Archbishop of the

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in Lebanon.

Life

Gabriel Toubia was ordained priest on April 16, 1960. His appointment as Archbishop of Tripoli took place on 2 July 1993. On 31 July 1993 he was consecrated bishop by the

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and his co-consecrators were Archbishop

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(his predecessor) and the auxiliary bishop of Antioch,

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. During his tenure, which lasted only three years and nine months, he assisted as co-consecrator of the ordination of

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of Chonochora. Toubia died on April 6, 1997.

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External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btoub.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/trip1.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Toubia, Gabriel 1930 births 1997 deaths People from Koura District 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops