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===Episcopacy===
[[Image:Antoun Khouri 2.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bp. Antoun vested]]
The General Assembly of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Archdiocese of North America,]] consisting of [[clergy]] and [[laity|lay]] delegates from [[parish]]es throughout the United States and Canada, nominated Archimandrite Antoun for the office of [[auxiliary bishop]] to the Metropolitan on [[August 1]], 1981, and the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Antioch|Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East]] elected him to that office at a session in Damascus, Syria, on [[November 4]], 1982, as [[titular bishop|titular]] of Selefkia. He was consecrated to the episcopacy on [[January 9]], 1983, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, by Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) of North America; Archbishop [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]], the Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of North America; Archbishop [[Elias (Saliba) of Hama|Elias (Saliba)]], the superior of the [[Patriarchal Monastery of St. George (Tel-Kalakh, Syria)]]; Bishop [[Paul (Bandaly) of Akkar|Paul (Bandaly)]], the Patriarchal Vicar (now Metropolitan of Akkar, Lebanon); and Bishop [[Antonio (Chedraoui) of Mexico|Antonio (Chedraoui)]], the Patriarchal Legate for the Diocese of Mexico and Central America.
By a decision of the [[Holy Synod]] of the Patriarchate dated [[October 9]], 2003, His Grace became a diocesan bishop bearing the title of '''Bishop of Miami and the Southeast'''. Bishop Antoun maintains his office and residence at the Archdiocesan Chancery in Englewood, New Jersey.
