Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi (born April 1, 1894,

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– died on January 11, 1975,

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, Lebanon), (or ''Boulos Boutros el-Meouchi'', ''Meoushi'', ar, بولس الثاني بطرس المعوشي) was the 74th

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from 1955 until his death in 1975 and a

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of the

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Life

Moran Mor Paul Peter Meouchi was born in

on April 1, 1894. His studied at the

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, a district of Beirut and later in Rome in the

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and at the

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. He was ordinated

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in Rome on December 7, 1917, and served as secretary of the Maronite bishops of

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and of Tyre. After having attended a visitation of the bishop of Tyre in the United States in 1920, he remained in the United States till 1934, serving the Maronite communities particularly in

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and

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. He was elected Maronite bishop of Tyre on April 29, 1934, and consecrated on December 8, 1934, at

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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 ...

. His co-consecrators were

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, Eparch of Sidon, and Pierre Feghali, Titular bishop of Epiphania in Syria. He chose as episcopal

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''Gloria Libani data est ei''. Moran Mor Paul Peter Meouchi was elected patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites on May 25, 1955. He attended the I, II and III sessions of the

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, 1962–1965, where he took a stand to defend the rights of Patriarchs to discourage the emigration of Christians from the Middle East. On February 22, 1965, he was created

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, being the first Maronite to become cardinal. He was elevated - as usual of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs, as a result of the

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Ad purpuratorum patrum collegiumw2.vatican.va
/ref> - to the rank of cardinal-bishop without granting a

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. Paul Peter Meouchi was from 1969 until his death chairman of the Synod of the

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and from 1970 until his death chairman of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon. From a political point of view, his action as Patriarch of the Maronite was intended to promote the reconciliation among all the Lebanese, both Christians and Muslims. , thus standing in opposition to the pro-USA former

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of Lebanon

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun OM, ONC ( ar, كميل نمر شمعون, ''Kamīl Sham'ūn''; 3 April 1900 – 7 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christi ...

. He died on January 11, 1975, in the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate in

, Lebanon, where he was buried.

Sources

* Code, Joseph Bernard (1964). Dictionary of the American Hierarchy (1789-1964). New York: Joseph F. Wagner. pp. 200–201.

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* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tyrz1.htm * http://www.araldicavaticana.com/apmeouchi_paolo_pietro.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Meouchi, Paul Peter 1894 births 1975 deaths Lebanese religious leaders Lebanese cardinals Lebanese Maronites Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch People from South Lebanon Participants in the Second Vatican Council Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI

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