Raymond Eid
Raymond Eid (born on August 6, 1930 in Mazraat-el-Daher, Lebanon - died on June 11, 2012) was the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria.
Life
Ordained to the priesthood on 30 May 1957 to the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon, Eid was named Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus on 5 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II.
The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, gave him on November 20 of the same year the episcopal ordination. His co-consecrators were Tanios El Khoury, Bishop of Sidon, and Emile Eid, Vice-President of the Commission for the codification of the Eastern Churches' law.
He retired on 25 September 2005.[1] and in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related withdrawal.