Gabriel Toubia (born on 15 August 1930 in Darbechtar,

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– died on 6 April 1997) was a Maronite Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon.

Life

Gabriel Toubia was ordained priest on April 16, 1960. His appointment as Archbishop of Tripoli took place on 2 July 1993. On 31 July 1993 he was consecrated bishop by the

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and his co-consecrators were Archbishop

Antoine Joubeir Antoine Joubeir (18 August 1918 in Salvador Brazil – 4 June 1994 in Lebanon) was an Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon. Life Antoine Joubeir was consecrated priest on November 8, 1942. On 12 July 1975 he was a ...

(his predecessor) and the

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of Antioch,

Roland Aboujaoudé Roland Aboujaoudé (7 September 1930 – 2 May 2019) was a Lebanese Catholic Maronite eparch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. Life Roland Aboujaoudé was born on 7 September 1930 in Jal-Edib, Lebanon. He was ordained priest on ...

. During his tenure, which lasted only three years and nine months, he assisted as co-consecrator of the ordination of Joseph Khoury,

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of Chonochora. Toubia died on April 6, 1997.

References

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btoub.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/trip1.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Toubia, Gabriel 1930 births 1997 deaths People from Koura District 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops