Elias Khoury Sleman
Elias Khoury Sleman | |
|---|---|
| Eparch Emeritus of Latakia | |
| Native name | الياس خورى سليمان |
| Church | Maronite Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Latakia |
| In office | 16 January 2012 – 14 March 2015 |
| Predecessor | Youssef Massoud Massoud |
| Successor | Antoine Chbeir |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 August 1987 |
| Consecration | 25 February 2012 by Bechara Boutros al-Rahi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1951 Hekr Semaan, Syrian Republic |
Elias Khoury Slaiman Slaiman (born 16 August 1951 in Hekr Semaan, Syria) is a Syrian emeritus bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia.
Life
Elias Khoury Slaiman received on 29 August 1987 his priestly ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 16 January 2012 bishop of Latakia.[1]
His episcopal ordination was performed by the hands of the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, on 25 February 2012; his co-consecrators were Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, IdP, Archeparch of Aleppo, and Antoine Nabil Andari, Curial Bishop in Antioch. Slaiman was introduced in the office on 26 February of the same year.
On 14 March 2015 Elias Slaiman resigned his office as Maronite Eparch of Latakia.[2]
References
- ↑ "المطران الياس سليمان". Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-08-26.
- ↑ "Eparchy of Latakia, Syria 🇸🇾 (Maronite Rite)". GCatholic.
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