Tanios El Khoury (4 May 1930 – 20 September 2022) was an eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon.
His Excellency Tanios El Khoury | |
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Eparch of Sidon | |
Appointed | 8 June 1996 |
Term ended | 28 December 2005 |
Predecessor | Ibrahim Hélou |
Successor | Elias Nassar |
Orders | |
Ordination | 14 June 1958 |
Consecration | 5 October 1996 by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 20 September 2022 | (aged 92)
Life
editEl Khoury was born in Saghbine, Lebanon. On 14 June 1958, he received his ordination to the priesthood and was incardinated in the clergy of the Eparchy of Sidon. On 8 June 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed him Eparch of Sidon. The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, ordained him bishop on 5 October of the same year. His co-consecrators were Boutros Gemayel, Archeparch of Cyprus, and Roland Aboujaoudé, auxiliary bishop of Antioch. On 28 December 2005, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related resignation.