Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | |
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| Cardinal, Patriarch 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 |
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| Ordination | 7 May 1950 |
| Consecration | 16 July 1961 by Paul Peter Meouchi |
| Created cardinal | 26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Patriarch (Cardinal-bishop) |
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| Born | 15 May 1920 |
| Died | 12 May 2019 (aged 98) |
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appointed, elected.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) was the 76th Maronite Catholic Patriarch 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.