Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir

His Beatitude Moran Mor

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
His Beatitude Moran Mor; Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Cardinal Patriarch emeritus of Antioch
Native name	Arabic: نصرالله بطرس صفير
See	Antioch and the Whole East
Appointed	7 May 1986
Term ended	26 February 2011
Predecessor	Anthony Peter Khoraish
Successor	Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Orders
Ordination	7 May 1950
Consecration	16 July 1961; by Paul Peter Meouchi
Created cardinal	26 November 1994; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop Patriarch
Personal details
Born	May 15, 1920; Rayfoun, Lebanon
Died	May 12, 2019 (aged 98); Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch (1961–1986); Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites (1961–1986);
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Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (Moran Mor Naṣrallah Buṭrus Ṣufayr; Arabic: الكاردينال مار نصر الله بطرس صفير; Latin: Victor Petrus Sfeir; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019)^[1] was the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See. He was also given the honorific title of cardinal. He was elected Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites on 27 April 1986, and his resignation was accepted on 26 February 2011. He was the 76th patriarch of the Maronite Church, with the official title of "His Beatitude the 76th Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant".

^ "وفاة البطريرك الكاردينال مار نصرالله بطرس صفير عن عمر يناهز الـ99 عاما (Patriarch Moran Mor Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir dies at the age of 99)". LBCI Lebanon (in Arabic). 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[1] "وفاة البطريرك الكاردينال مار نصرالله بطرس صفير عن عمر يناهز الـ99 عاما (Patriarch Moran Mor Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir dies at the age of 99)". LBCI Lebanon (in Arabic). 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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