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Raymond Eid (born August 6, 1930 in Mazraat el Daher, Lebanon - died on June 11, 2012) was the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria.
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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.
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, Eparch of Sidon, and Emile Eid, Vice-President of the Commission for the codification of the Eastern Churches' law.
He retired on 25 September 2005. and in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI accepted his age-related withdrawal.
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