Monsignor Youssef Toq Passes Away

The Maronite patriarchate’s secretary, Monsignor Youssef Toq passed away and will be buried at his hometown of Besharri in northern Lebanon on Saturday, media reports said.

Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3) said Toq seems to have died from a heart attack. His body was found in his bed on Friday morning after he failed to appear for breakfast.

Toq accompanied his brother to the airport on Thursday night and then returned to his residence at the seat of the patriarchate in Bkirki, it said.

The monsignor was scheduled to take his summer vacation on Friday and spend it in Besharri.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will lead the funeral procession at the Saint Saba church at 4:00 pm Saturday.