Tobia Aoun | |
|---|---|
| Catholic Archbishop | |
 Catholic Archbishop Tobia Aoun | |
| Church | Maronite Church |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 31 December 1844 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1803 |
| Died | April 4, 1871 (aged 67) |
Tobia Aoun (December 1803 – 4 April 1871) (Tubiya, Tobias, Tubiyya, Aun, Awn) was an Assistant to the Pontifical Throne,[1] Archbishop of Beirut, Count of Rome, Bishop of Saint-John-Acre, Knight of the French Legion of Honour, Knight of the Ottoman Order of the Medjidie, and Council Father of the First Vatican Council.
He was the first Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and a much respected leader of the Maronites during the 1859–1860 conflict in Mount Lebanon.[2][3]
- ^ "Les Pères du concile du Vatican". 1870.
- ^ Madden, Richard Robert (1862). "The Turkish Empire".
- ^ "Christian Examiner". 1861.
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