Antoine Hayek

Antoine Hayek BC ( born August 26, 1928 in Maghduscha in South Lebanon; † 1 May 2010) was Archbishop of archeparchy Banyas and Marjayoun the united with the Roman Catholic Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church.

Life

Antoine Hayek joined the Congregation of the Basilian and received on August 1, 1954, the ordination.

He was elected by the Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church Archbishop of archeparchy Banyas and Marjayoun ( Caesarea Philippi ) and confirmed by Pope John Paul II in 1989. The episcopal ordination on 11 February 1990 gave him His Holiness Maximos V Hakim, Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Co-consecrators were Joseph -Marie Raya, archbishop of Acre archeparchy the Greco - Melkites, and take Abraham, Archbishop of Homs of the Greco - Melkites.

Hayek was a member of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon.

His age-related resignation was on the Holy Synod in Ain Traz, which took place from 9 to 14 October 2006 and upheld.