Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni
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Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni | |
|---|---|
| Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela for the Syriac Catholics | |
| Church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela |
| Installed | 1 March 2011 |
| Predecessor | Iwannis Louis Awad |
| Previous post | Protosyncellus of the Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (2006–2011) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 November 1972 |
| Consecration | 22 May 2011 by Ignatius Joseph III Yonan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hikmat Beylouni 18 November 1945 |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Denomination | Syriac Catholic |
| Alma mater | Charfet Seminary, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik |
Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni (born 18 November 1945) is a Syrian-born Venezuelan Syriac Catholic hierarch, who has served as the Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela for the Syriac Catholics since 2011.
Beylouni was born in Aleppo, Syria, on 18 November 1945. He made his primary and secondary education in his hometown before entering the Seminary of Charfet in Lebanon to study philosophy and theology and continuing his education at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon.[1][2][3]
He was ordained a priest for the Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo on 26 November 1972.[4] Following his ordination, he served in several pastoral roles within the Archeparchy of Aleppo and in Lebanon, including as a parish priest and as a member of the patriarchal tribunal. In 1990 he was transferred to Venezuela, where served in the different parishes and since 2006 until 2011 he was a Protosyncellus of the Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela. In August 2023, the Exarchate celebrated the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination with a special Mass of Thanksgiving in Venezuela.[5]