Draft:Pietro Sfair

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Pietro Sfair
TitleArchbishop and Ordinarius for the Maronite faithful of Rome
Personal
Born
Pietro Sfeir

February 10, 1888
DiedMay 18, 1974
ReligionMaronite Catholic
Organization
ChurchMaronite Church
Senior posting
ConsecrationMay 24, 1953
OrdinationMarch 8, 1913

Pietro Sfair (10 February 1888 – 18 May 1974 ) was a Lebanese Archbishop and diocesan bishop (Ordinary) for the Syriac-Maronite Church of Antioch Catholic faithful in Rome.[1][2] He is the first cleric to be named the Titular Archbishop of Nisibis (Nusaybin) by the Maronite Catholic Church.[3] The wikipedia article Nusaybin states that "the Maronite titular see was established as Titular Archiepiscopal see of Nisibis (informally Nisibis of the Maronites) in 1960. It is vacant, having had a single incumbent of the (intermediary) archiepiscopal rank: Pietro Sfair (1960.03.11 - 1974.05.18)". On June 8, 2024, the titular see of Nisibis was once again filled with the appointment of Arhbishop Michel Jalakh.[4] A 695-page biography of Sfair authored by Butrus Fahd is in the collection of both the Library of Congress in Washington DC and the New York Public Library, according to such library's research catalogue.[5]

Sfair was a Council Father at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.[6]

  1. ^ "Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez". Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. December 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Fahd, Butros (1974). Arcivescovo Pietro Sfair grande orientalista e predicatore, vita e opere [Archbishop Pietro Sfair great orientalist and preacher, life and work] (in Italian). Rome: Matabi al-Karim al-Hadithath.
  3. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1)
  4. ^ "Father Michel Jalkh the Antonine Promoted to the Episcopal Rank -- The Middle East Council of Churches". March 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Pietro, Sfair 1974". New York Public Library Research Catalogue. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  6. ^ Melloni, Alberto (January 27, 2021). Atlante Storico del Concilio Vaticano II [Atlas of the Second Vatican Council] (in Italian). Milan: Editoriale Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60510-7.