Dionisio Kfoury
Dionisio Kfoury BS , also Dionysios Kfoury (born December 5, 1879 in Khonsarah , Syria , † March 11, 1965 ) was auxiliary bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Patriarchate of Antioch .
Life
Dionisio Kfoury was ordained a priest on August 6, 1904 . On December 9, 1926 he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Antioch and on the same day appointed titular archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti . He received his episcopal ordination from the Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop Kyrillos IX. Moghabghab ; He was assisted by Archbishop Basilio Cattan of Beirut and Jbeil and Bishop Melezio Abou-Assaleh of Baalbek in Lebanon as co- consecrators . The inauguration of Dionisio Kfoury took place on June 20, 1927.
From 1932 to 1954 he was Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria and successor to Antonio Farage . He was co-consecrator of Archbishop Elias Zoghbi von Baalbek, who was also a part-time Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria.
Web links
- Entry for Dionisio Kfoury on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- The Patriarchal See of Antiochia-Damascus (English)
- Victories Patriarcal d'Alexandrie (French)
- Patriarchal See of Alexandria - Cairo, Alexandria and Sudan ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
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| SURNAME | Kfoury, Dionisio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kfoury, Dionysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian auxiliary bishop in Antioch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Khonsarah , Syria |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1965 |