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(Redirected from Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh)
Demetri (born Matta Khoury), titular Bishop of Jableh, was an auxiliary bishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America from 1995 to 2003.
Born in Taybeh on 20 September 1948 to the Very Rev. Ibrahim and Hanneh Khoury, he was educated at the St. John of Damascus Orthodox Theological Academy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religion in 1974 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1978, both from Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Ordained as a deacon on 6 September 1975 and to the priesthood on 7 September 1975, he was elevated to the dignity of archimandritebyMetropolitan Philip in 1981.
He served as pastor at St. George, Boston, and at St. Mary, Cambridge. After serving at St. George, Allentown, Pennsylvania, he then served as dean at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Brooklyn, New York, and at St. George Cathedral, Coral Gables, Florida. On 12 March 1995, he was consecrated as titular bishop of Jableh by Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch at the Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus.[1] He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America at the chancery in Toledo, Ohio until 2003.[2] In 2004, he was arrested following a sexual assault in a casino and was sentenced to 28 days in jail as well as being placed on the sex offender registry.[3]
As of 2008, he was serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean[4] but retired again in 2009.[5][6]
References[edit]
^ "CA-–Sex offender returned to ministry by Antiochian Orthodox Church". Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
^ "Visita de su Exelencia Obispo Demetri Khoury" [Visit of His Excellency Bishop Demetri Khoury]. Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean (in Spanish). 2008-12-03. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
^ "News from Across America". OCAnews.org. Houston. 2009-10-19. Archived from the original on 2022-04-03. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
^ "New York and all North America - Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East". Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. Archived from the original on 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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