Tobias El Khazen

  • Tobias El Khazen
  • طوبيا الخازن
Patriarch of Antioch
ChurchMaronite Church
SeePatriarch of Antioch
ElectedFebruary 28, 1756
Term endedMay 19, 1766
PredecessorSimon Awad
SuccessorJoseph Estephan
Personal details
DiedMay 19, 1766
Ghosta, Lebanon
Ordination history
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byJacob Awad Bishop
DateFebruary 12, 1733
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Tobias El Khazen as principal consecrator
Choukri Aroutin1762
Michael Fadel1762
Grégoire Sciukrallah Jaroue1762

Tobias El Khazen (or Tubiya al-Khazin,[1] Arabic: طوبيا الخازن, Latin: Tobias Alchasen, died 1766) was a former Eparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus, Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and the 62nd Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1756 to his death in 1766.

  1. ^ [The addition of the name Peter (in Arabic : Boutros) your first name is customary for newly elected Maronite patriarchs; about El Khazen, acts Consistory of 1757 call Tobias Petrus , and likewise the patriarch signature Tobias Petrus Gazenius patriarcha Antiochenus in the letter with a request to the pope the confirmation of his election.]