Raymond Eid
| Raymond Eid | |
|---|---|
| Archeparch of Damascus | |
| Native name | ريمون عيد |
| Church | Maronite Church |
| Archdiocese | Archeparchy of Damascus |
| In office | 5 June 1999 – 25 September 2005 |
| Predecessor | Antoine Hamid Mourany |
| Successor | Samir Nassar |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 May 1957 |
| Consecration | 20 November 1999 by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1930 Mazraat el Daher, Mandatory Lebanese Republic, French Empire |
| Died | 11 June 2012 (aged 81) |
Raymond Eid (6 August 1930 – 11 June 2012) was the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria.
Life
Eid was born in Mazraat el Daher, Lebanon on 6 August 1930. Ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1957 to the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon, Eid was elected Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus on 5 June 1999 by the Maronite Synod.
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, gave him on 20 November of the same year the Episcopal ordination. His co-consecrators were Tanios El Khoury, Eparch of Sidon, and Emile Eid, vice-president of the commission for the codification of the Eastern Churches' law.
He retired on 25 September 2005.[1] and in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related withdrawal.