Announcement‏ : New Archbishop of the Maronites of Cyprus

The Holy Maronite Archbishopric of Cyprus announces that after the Bishop’s Synod of the Patriarchal Maronite Church of Antioch and the approval of the election by His Holiness the Pope Benedictus XVI the new Archbishop of the Maronites of Cyprus is his Esxcellcy Mons. Youssef Antoine Soueif.

According to the tradition of the Maronite Church, the ordination of the new Archbishop will take place on Saturday 6th December 2008 by his Eminency The Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir at Basilica Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, at 3.30 pm, in the presence of the Bishop’s Synod.

The enthronement of the New Archbishop of the Maronites of Cyprus will take place on Sunday 21st December, 2008 at 10.00 a.m in the Cathedral Church of our Lady of Graces at Paphos Gate in Nicosia.

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