Michel Aoun (born June 2, 1959 in
Damour
Damour ( ar, الدامور) is a Lebanese Christian town that is south of Beirut. The name of the town is derived from the name of the Phoenician god Damoros who symbolized immortality ( in Arabic). Damour also remained the capital of Mount ...
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Lebanon
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) is the current Eparch of the
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Byblos
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Byblos (in Latin: Eparchia Bybliensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2013 there were 160,000 baptized. It is currently governed ...
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Life
Michel Aoun received on 9 June 1984 his priestly ordination.
Pope Benedict XVI
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confirmed on 16 January 2012 his election as Eparch of Byblos.
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
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Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; syr, ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; ar, بشارة بطرس الراعي, Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; la, Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patri ...
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OMM, ordained him on 25 February 2012 to the episcopate. His co-consecrators were
Samir Mazloum, retired Curial bishop of Antioch, and
Paul Youssef Matar, Archeparch of Beirut. Aoun was introduced into the office on 26 February of the same year.
References
External links
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jbei0.htm
1959 births
Living people
21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops
Lebanese religious leaders
Lebanese Maronites
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