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 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) 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.