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Tanios El Khoury

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His Excellency

Tanios El Khoury
Eparch of Sidon
Appointed8 June 1996
Term ended28 December 2005
PredecessorIbrahim Hélou
SuccessorElias Nassar
Orders
Ordination14 June 1958
Consecration5 October 1996
by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Personal details
Born(1930-05-04)4 May 1930
Died20 September 2022(2022-09-20) (aged 92)

Tanios El Khoury (4 May 1930 – 20 September 2022) was an eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon.

Life

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El 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.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Eparch of Sidon
1996–2005
Succeeded by