Paul Peter Meouchi
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His Beatitude Moran Mor Paul Peter Meouchi بولس الثاني بطرس المعوشي |
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| Cardinal Patriarch of Antioch | |
| Church | Maronite Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Elected | May 25, 1955 |
| Term ended | January 11, 1975 |
| Predecessor | Anthony Peter Arida |
| Successor | Anthony Peter Khoraish |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 7, 1917 (Priest) |
| Consecration | December 8, 1934 (Bishop) by Anthony Peter Arida |
| Created Cardinal | February 22, 1965 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Patriarch Cardinal-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 1, 1894 Jezzine, Lebanon |
| Died | January 11, 1975 (aged 80) Bkerké, Lebanon |
Moran Mor Paul II Peter Meouchi (born April 1, 1894, Jezzine, Lebanon – died on January 11, 1975, Bkerké, Lebanon), (or Boulos Boutros el-Meouchi, Meoushi, Arabic: بولس الثاني بطرس المعوشي) was the 74th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1955 until his death in 1975.
Moran Mor Paul Peter Meouchi was born in Jezzine, Lebanon on April 1, 1894. His studied at the College de la Sagesse in Ashrafieh, a district of Beirut and later in Rome in the Pontifical Urban University and at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He was ordinated priest in Rome on December 7, 1917 and served as secretary of the Maronite bishops of Saida and of Tyre. After having attended a visitation of the bishop of Tyre in the United States in 1920, he remained in the United States till 1934, serving the Maronite communities particularly in Indiana, Connecticut and California.
He was elected Maronite bishop of Tyre on April 29, 1934 and consecrated on December 8, 1934 at Bkerké by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Anthony Peter Arida. His co-consecrators were Augustin Bostani, Eparch of Sidon, and Pierre Feghali, Titular bishop of Epiphania in Syria. He chose as episcopal motto Gloria Libani data est ei.
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