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Elias Khoury Sleman

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Elias Khoury Slaiman Slaiman (born 16 August 1951 in Hekr Semaan, Syria) is a Syrian emeritus bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Latakia.

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Elias Khoury Slaiman received on 29 August 1987 his priestly ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 16 January 2012 bishop of Latakia.[citation needed]

His episcopal ordination was performed by the hands of the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, on 25 February 2012; his co-consecrators were Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, IdP, Archeparch of Aleppo, and Antoine Nabil Andari, Curial Bishop in Antioch. Slaiman was introduced in the office on 26 February of the same year.[citation needed]

On 14 March 2015 Elias Slaiman resigned his office as Maronite Eparch of Latakia.[1]

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