Elias Zoghby [SEP] place of birth
and dissolution of marriage were controversial. Critics labeled him the "enfant terrible" of his church, while supporters lauded him as an energetic visionary who sought to re-unite the Eastern Churches.
Biography.
Biography Early life and ministry in Egypt.
Elias Zoghby was born on January 9, 1912, in Cairo. His mother, Hanne Ishak Yared, was a Melkite Greek Catholic and his father, Abdallah Mikail Zoghby, was an Antiochian Orthodox convert and former Maronite Catholic. The couple had recently emigrated from Lebanon and
with the approval of the Holy See and the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch Maximos IV Sayegh Vicar General and entrusted him with the responsibility for all Melkite Christians in Brazil. On November 25, 1960, Coueter was appointed Titular Bishop of Taua and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Byzantine Catholics in Brazil. The episcopal ordination took place on February 5, 1961 by Archbishop Elias Zoghby of Baalbek (Lebanon). His co-consecrators were the Bishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro of Mogi das Cruzes and the Bishop José Romão Martenetz, OSBM. Shortly after