Emile Eid
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Emile Eid was the Roman Catholic titular bishop
of Sarepta dei Maroniti.
Ordained to the priesthood on September 6, 1951, in the Maronite Church
, Eid was named titular bishop on December 20, 1982, and was ordained bishop on January 23, 1983. Bishop Eid served as vice president of the commission that wrote the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
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Titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...
of Sarepta dei Maroniti.
Ordained to the priesthood on September 6, 1951, in the Maronite Church
Maronite Church
The Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See of Rome . It traces its heritage back to the community founded by Maron, a 4th-century Syriac monk venerated as a saint. The first Maronite Patriarch, John Maron, was elected in the late 7th...
, Eid was named titular bishop on December 20, 1982, and was ordained bishop on January 23, 1983. Bishop Eid served as vice president of the commission that wrote the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the title of the 1990 codification of the common portions of the Canon Law for the 22 of the 23 sui iuris Churches in the Catholic Church. The Roman or Latin rite Church is guided by its own particular Canons...
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