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==Becoming Patriarch==
The previous Patriarch, John el Hajj, died on [[Christmas Eve]] in 1898; Monseigneur [[Hawayek|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
[[Hawayek|Hoayek]] adopted the middle name Peter (Boutros) to signify him being the successor to [[St. Peter]], first Bishop of Antioch.
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