Antoine Joubeir

Antoine Joubeir , also Antoun Joubier (born August 18, 1918 in Salvador , Lebanon , † July 4, 1994 ) was Maronite Archbishop of Tripoli in Lebanon .

Life

Antoine Joubeir was ordained a priest on November 8, 1942 . On July 12, 1975, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Tripoli by the Pope and appointed titular archbishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti . The Maronite Patriarch Archbishop Anthony Peter Khoraish consecrated him, supported by the co-consecrators Archbishop Elie Farah of Cyprus and Bishop Joseph Merhi CML , on August 23, 1975. Bishop. After the death of his predecessor Antoine Abed in 1975, the Tripoli Archeparchy was vacant. Joubeir was Patriarchal Administrator of Tripoli from 1975 to 1977 and received the title of Archbishop "ad personam". Since August 4, 1977 he was Archbishop of Tripoli and was installed on July 2, 1993 as retired Archbishop.

In 1987 he ordained the future Archbishop Joseph Soueif of Cyprus as a priest. He was Mitkonsekrator at Abdallah Bared titular bishop of Tarsus (auxiliary bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch ), Bechara Boutros al-Rahi OMM titular bishop of Caesarea Philippi (later Maronite Patriarch), Paul-Emile Saadé titular bishop of Apamea in Syria dei Maroniti (auxiliary bishop in Antioch and later Bishop of Batrun ) and Gabriel Toubia , his successor as Archbishop of Tripoli.

predecessor	Office	successor
Antoine Abed	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano 1977-1993	Gabriel Toubia

personal data
SURNAME	Joubeir, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Joubeir, Antoun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lebanese clergyman, Archbishop of Tripoli
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salvador , Lebanon
DATE OF DEATH	4th July 1994