Emile Eid
Emile Eid (March 15, 1925 in Mazraat el Daher, Lebanon – November 30, 2009) was the Maronite Catholic titular bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti. Life Ordained to the priesthood on May 6, 1951, to the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon, Eid was named titular bishop on December 20, 1982 and was ordained bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti on January 23, 1983 by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Anthony Peter Khoraish, and his co-consecrators were Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Titular bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti and Ibrahim Hélou, Eparch of Sidon. Bishop Eid served as vice president of the commission that wrote the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. On October 18, 1990 Eid resigned his duties as bishop due to age-related reasons. Emile Eid died on November 30, 2009 at the age of 84. Notes External links Emile Eid 20th-century Maronite Catholic bishops 1925 births 2009 deaths Lebanese clergy