New bishop appointed for Maronite eparchy of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Published: 2004-01-12

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope John Paul II has appointed Chorbishop Gregory J. Mansour as the new bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, N.Y. The pope also accepted the resignation of Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi, 76, as bishop of the St. Maron Eparchy. An eparchy is the Eastern-rite equivalent to a diocese in the Latin-rite church. The changes were announced Jan. 10 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate Mansour is chancellor and protosyncellus of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles; a protosyncellus is analogous to the role of vicar general in the Latin church. He is also rector of St. Raymond Co-Cathedral in St. Louis. (Our Lady of Lebanon transferred its headquarters from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 2001.)

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