Raymond Eid (August 6, 1930 - June 11, 2012) was the

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, Syria.

Life

Eid was born in Mazraat el Daher,

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on August 6, 1930. Ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1957 to the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon, Eid was elected Archbishop of the

on 5 June 1999 by the Maronite Synod.

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Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir , image = Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir.jpg , image_size = 170px , see = Antioch and the Whole East , title = Cardinal Patriarch emeritus of Antioch , elected = 19 April 1986 , appointed = 7 May 1986 , ended = 26 February 2011 , ordina ...

, gave him on November 20 of the same year the Episcopal ordination. His co-consecrators were Tanios El Khoury, Eparch of Sidon, and Emile Eid, Vice-President of the Commission for the codification of the Eastern Churches' law. He retired on 25 September 2005.gcatholic.org
/ref> and in 2006

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accepted his age-related withdrawal.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/beid.html Raymond Eid Lebanese Maronites 21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Syrian Maronites Syrian people of Lebanese descent People from Chouf District 1930 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub