Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir


Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Cardinal Patriarch emeritus of Antioch
Native name
Arabic: نصرالله بطرس صفير
SeeAntioch and the Whole East
Appointed7 May 1986
Term ended26 February 2011
PredecessorAnthony Peter Khoraish
SuccessorBechara Boutros al-Rahi
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination7 May 1950
Consecration16 July 1961
by Paul Peter Meouchi
Created cardinal26 November 1994
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Bishop Patriarch
Personal details
Born(1920-05-15)15 May 1920
Died12 May 2019(2019-05-12) (aged 98)
Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Coat of armsNasrallah Boutros Sfeir's coat of arms

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 76th Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and the Whole Levant and head of the Maronite Church from 1986 to 2011. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1994.

  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.