Joseph Khoury
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Joseph Khoury (born November 1, 1936) is the Catholic Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal Maronites.[1]
He was ordained as a priest on December 19, 1964 after studying at the Jesuits of Saint Maron of Ghazier as well as the University of Rome and the Gregorian University. He became a specialist in the history of contemporary atheism and subsequently earned a doctorate in canon and civil law at the Pontifical Lateran University.
He worked at the Roman Rota from 1969 until 1972, and represented the Holy See in the Middle East for the Congregation of the Oriental Churches from 1969 to 1993. He is a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship from 1975 to 1995, and of the inter-religious dialogue since 1976. He taught at the Institute Regina Mundi for twenty years until 1996.
He has also published books about Islamic philosophy and canon law.
On April 29, 1993, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the now vacant seat of Chonochora, then was consecrated as Bishop on September 4 of that year by Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir and the bishops Roland Aboujaoudé and Gabriel Toblé. On November 11, 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed him as bishop of the Epachry of Saint Maron of Montreal Maronites.
On the Assembly of Quebec Bishops, Bishop Khoury sits on the committee of inter-cultural relations and the commission of Canon Law.
On February 28, 2005 Bishop Khoury signed an open letter with local Sunni, Shiite and Druze religious leaders objecting to the amendment in the definition of marriage by then Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. In October the same year, he organized an Iftar with the local Islamic community of Montreal.
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