Archbishop Agapios Abou Rjeily (1882-1967)

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Archbishop Agapios Abou Rjeily was the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Tyre, Lebanon, serving from November 3, 1933, to May 1, 1967.

His full name was Agapios Hassan Abdallah Yared Naoum Nemr Fares Atallah Abou Rjeily.

 

He had six siblings: two sisters, Saydeh and Emilia, and four brothers, Daoud, Dib, Youssef, and Father Boutros.

 

Agapios was raised in the Melkite Greek Catholic faith within the Basilian Salvatorian Order, also known as الرّهبانيّة الباسيليّة المخلصيّة (Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat, Melkite Greek).

 

He was born in Serjbeil (Chouf, Mount Lebanon) on August 1, 1882, and passed away on May 1, 1967.

 

Agapios was ordained a priest on September 8, 1907, and consecrated as a bishop on December 3, 1933.

 

Agapios Abou Rjeily