Fr. Tanios Khalil

Fr. Tanios Khalil, PhD

Dean, Faculty of Religious and Theological Sciences

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Université La Sagesse – Main Campus P.O. Box 50501, Furn El Chebbak, Lebanon
tanios.khalil@uls.edu.lb
 

Job Title / Responsibilities

Dean of the Faculty of Religious and Theological Sciences – Université la Sagesse.

Holder of a Doctorate in Theology from the Catholic University of Lyon (2014), under the supervision of Jean-François Chiron.

Elected President of A.T.I.M.E. (Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East), 2019–2022.

Currently serving as Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Ecumenical Relations of the Assembly of Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops in Lebanon (APECL) since 2006.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Theology (2014), l’Université Catholique de Lyon (France).
  • Master in Theology (1999) and DEA in Théologie (2002) at l’Université Catholique de Lyon

Teaching interests

  • Ecclesiology
  • Oecumenism

Publications

Khalil, T. (2015). Le mystère de l’unité de l’Église dans le dialogue catholique-orthodoxe. Le langage d’unité dans le dialogue officiel des églises catholique et orthodoxe. Publication de l’Université La Sagesse, Furn el Chebbak.

Community Services

  • Since 2006, annual organization of The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
  • Several training sessions, including:
  • Adult catechesis (across six training centers); Healthcare ministry; Social pastoral care; Basic theological formation (in Qatar and Syria).