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{{Short description|Head of the Maronite Church from 1898 to 1931}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Patriarch
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| title = [[List of Maronite Patriarchs|Patriarch of Antioch]]
| image = Elias Peter Hoayek.jpg
| name = [[Venerable]]<br />Elias Peter Hoayek
| elected = January 6, 1899
| ended = December 24, 1931
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| venerated = [[Roman Catholic Church]]<br>[[Maronite Church]]<br>[[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]]<br>[[Syriac Catholic Church]]
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'''Elias Peter Hoayek''' ({{lang-ar|الياس بطرس الحويّك}}; 4 December 1843 – 24 December 1931; also spelled '''Hoyek, Hwayek, Huayek, Juayek, Hawayek, Houwayek''') was the 72nd [[List of Maronite Patriarchs|Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites]], the largest
==Early life==
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==Becoming Patriarch==
[[File:Elie Hoyek 1899.jpg|thumb|left|Patriarch Hoayek in 1899]]▼
The previous patriarch, John el Hajj, died on [[Christmas Eve]] in 1898; Hoayek was requested to return to Lebanon from a trip to Rome. On January 6, 1899, he was elected Patriarch and, in the consistory of June 19, 1899, Hoayek was ratified as the choice of Maronite bishops by [[Pope Leo XIII]], who granted him the [[pallium]].<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ass/documents/ASS-31-1898-99-ocr.pdf vatican.va]</ref>
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==Support for the diaspora==
▲[[File:Elie Hoyek 1899.jpg|thumb|left|Patriarch Hoayek in 1899]]
He was behind the creation of a Patriarchal Vicariate in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] in 1904, the first Maronite ecclesiastical structure after 1736.
He was the founder of the church in [[Cyprus]], delegating Shikrallah Khoury and Peter Chebly.
He was the founder of the [[Eparchy|independent dioceses]] in the [[United States|United States of America]] and in [[Argentina]] in 1920.
==World War I==
{{See also|Kafno}}
[[File:Kafno Hoayek.jpg|thumb|right|Patriarch Hoayek distributing bread to the hungry during the [[Kafno]]]]
The First World War saw a lot of persecution of the Christians in the Middle East.{{vague|date=January 2015}} Some sources cite one and a half million of [[Armenians]] were killed by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces in the war. The Ottoman Empire was allied to Germany. The Allies (France and Great Britain) set up a blockage of the Lebanese and Syrian coastline against the Ottoman Empire which leads to the start of a famine. [[Jamal Pasha]], Ottoman military governor took steps to exile Hoayek because of his relations with France. In 1915, the blockade as well as a large locust infestation had resulted in diminished food supplies. While the granaries are almost empty, the Ottoman Empire requisitions Lebanese foodstuffs. As a result, a third of the Lebanese population died of starvation. This situation continued until 1919. The Patriarch received funds from Lebanese Diaspora and the French government. Again, Jamal Pasha attempted to exile the Patriarch.
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[[Category:1843 births]]
[[Category:1931 deaths]]
[[Category:Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch]]
[[Category:Lebanese Roman Catholic saints]]
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