Joseph Khoury was on December 20, 1942, ordained to the priesthood. On April 21, 1956, he was simultaneously appointed
Titular bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti, Patriarchal Vicar and
Auxiliary bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch. His confirmation by the
Holy See occurred on 4 May 1956 and Khoury on 29 June 1956 was consecrated bishop by
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Paul Peter Meouchi and his co-consecrators were
Pietro Dib, Eparch of Cairo and
Anthony Peter Khoraish, Titular bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti. His appointment as bishop of Tyre was announced on December 11, 1959. As eparchy Tyre was raised in 1965 to the rank to Archeparchy and Khoury was also chosen Archbishop. During his tenure, he participated in the four sessions of the
Second Vatican Council and acted as co-consecrator in the episcopal ordinations of
Chucrallah Harb, Eparch of
Baalbek (Lebanon),
Joseph Salamé, Archeparch of
Aleppo (Syria) and Curiacos Moussess, Chaldean Catholic Bishop of
Amadiya (Iraq). Khoury died on February 5, 1992, at the age of 72. ==See also==