Gabriel Toubia

Gabriel Toubia (born on 15 August 1930 in Darbechtar, Lebanon – died on 6 April 1997) was a Maronite Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon.

Life

Gabriel Toubia was ordained priest on April 16, 1960. His appointment as Archbishop of Tripoli took place on 2 July 1993. On 31 July 1993 he was consecrated bishop by the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir and his co-consecrators were Archbishop Antoine Joubeir (his predecessor) and the auxiliary bishop of Antioch, Roland Aboujaoudé. During his tenure, which lasted only three years and nine months, he assisted as co-consecrator of the ordination of Joseph Khoury, Titular bishop of Chonochora.

Toubia died on April 6, 1997.

External links

• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btoub.html ^{[self-published]}
• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/trip1.htm ^{[self-published]}