Pietro Sfair

Pietro Sfair
TitleArchbishop and Ordinarius for the Maronite faithful of Rome
Personal life
BornBoutros Javad Sfeir
(1888-02-10)February 10, 1888
Kleiat, Keserwan, Lebanon
DiedMay 18, 1974(1974-05-18) (aged 86)
Rome, Italy
Religious life
ReligionChristianity
ChurchMaronite Church
OrdinationMarch 8, 1913
ConsecrationMay 24, 1953
Senior posting

Pietro Sfair (10 February 1888 - 18 May 1974 ) was a Lebanese Catholic prelate who was the Diocesan Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Church of Antioch in Rome, Italy, where he also served as Rector of the Maronite College. Pope John XXIII appointed Sfair as the titular Archbishop of Nisibis. Sfair was a Council Father (and the most senior Maronite cleric) at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.

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