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Youssef (bishop of Aleppo)

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Youssef (Elias) was 20th century Bishop of Aleppo in the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.

Youssef was born in Tartous, Syria on August 1, 1931. He began his theological education at Balamand Monastery followed by the Universities of Athens and Thessalonica in Greece. He was elected to the see of Aleppo in 1971 and was consecrated metropolitan by Patriarch Elias (Muawad) IV and Metropolitans Ignatius of Lattakia, Athansios of Hama, Constantine of Bagdad, and Alexis of Homs.

Metropolitan Elias died on August 6, 2000.[1]

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  1. ^ Archive link to an obituary by the Orthodox Research Institute
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