Athanasios Toutoungi

Athanasios Toutoungi was on July 20, 1927 ordained to the priesthood. His appointment as successor of Basilio Khouri as Archbishop of Homs was on October 1, 1938, and Toutoungi was consecrated on 27 November 1938.^[2] In this office he was succeeded by Archbishop Jean Bassoul.

On December 5, 1961 Toutoungi became the successor of Isidore Fattal as Archbishop of Aleppo and held that post until his retirement on March 6, 1968^[3] at the same time he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Tarsus of Greek Melkites and was appointed to his death on February 20, 1981^[4] Archbishop Emeritus of Aleppo, and was succeeded by Néophytos Edelby. Toutoungi took part in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). During his tenure, he consecrated Justin Abraham Najmy, BA Bishop of Newton (Massachusetts, USA) and was co-consecrator of the Melkite Archbishops Paul Achkar, Hilarion Capucci and Elias Nijmé.

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