Elias Zoghbi

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Elias Zoghbi (born January 9, 1912 in Cairo , Egypt , † January 16, 2008 ) was the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Baalbek in Lebanon .

Life

Elias Zoghbi received the priestly ordination of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church on July 20, 1936. In 1954 he was by Pope Pius XII. Appointed titular bishop of Nubia and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Antioch in Syria . The episcopal ordination donated him on November 21, 1954, the Patriarch of Antioch Maximos IV. Cardinal Saigh and Archbishop Pierre Kamel Medawar and Bishop Dionisio Kfoury . In addition, from 1954 to 1968 he was Patriarchal Vicar of the Greek Melkite Church in Alexandria ( Egypt and Sudan ).

In 1968 he was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baalbek , one of seven Archdioceses of the Melkite Church in Lebanon . His resignation was granted in 1988.

Elias Zoghbi became known with the so-called "Zoghbi Initiative", which was approved by the Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. His publications such as “Tous Schismatiques?” (“Are We All Schismatics?”) Or his essays “The Desire for Christian Unity” and “Christian Unity Involves the Whole Church” met with a wider response. Suzane Aboueid published a biography about Elias Zoghbi entitled "Ecumenical Reflections" with Eastern Christian Publications.

He was buried in St. Paul's Basilica in Harissa.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "A Call For Unity - the Melkite Synod" , September 20, 1996
  2. ^ "The Desire for Christian Unity" , Eirenikon Editor, November 15, 2007
  3. ↑ "Archbishop Elias Zoghby (1912-2008)" , Eirenikon Editor, January 18th 2008

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predecessor Office successor
Joseph Malouf Archbishop of Baalbek
1968–1988 		Cyrille Salim Bustros
personal data
SURNAME Zoghbi, Elias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baalbek the Melkites
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Cairo , Egypt
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2008