Three new Maronite Bishops

[5Loaves]

Also 16.01.2012 three new Maronite Bishops:

Chorbishop Michel Aoun, 52, as Bishop of  Jbeil (Lebanon)
Fr. Elias Slaiman, 60, as Bishop of Latakia (Syria)
Chorbishop Mounir Khairallah, 59, as Bishop of Batroun (Lebanon)

Axios! Axios! Axios!

May God grant them many blessed years!

 

[Barbkw]

Congratulations to all!

 

[Elizium23]

Congratulations to them!

I read this on Wikipedia. Is it accurate?

In the Maronite Church, a chorbishop is similar to but not identical to an auxiliary bishop. Like a bishop, a chorbishop is ordained, and may wear a bishop’s vestments including the mitre (hat) and crozier (staff).[5] A Maronite chorbishop has the power to confer minor orders (reader and the subdiaconate), but not the diaconate or priesthood.[6] The role of protosyncellus (vicar general) is often filled by a chorbishop.

 

[mardukm]

Chorepiscopi are an ancient Tradition of the Church, though their exact role in the early Church is debated among scholars.

Blessings,
Marduk

 

[Wesley7]

axios

 

[Celticnovice]

Axios! Axois! Axois!

 

[Deacon_Yuhanna]

Yes, the Wikipedia article is accurate. Not all chorbishops are “auxiliary bishops” under the CCEO. By the way, Bishop Sleiman was my first teacher of Canon Law. He is a saintly man with great patience. May God grant him heroic wisdom and strength. Deacon Yuhanna

 

[MaroniteRosary]

Congratulations!