Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (, ‎; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019) was the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See. He was also a Cardinal. He was elected Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites on 27 April 1986, and his resignation was accepted on 26 February 2011. Bechara Boutros al-Rahi became patriarch following the resignation.

Sfeir was the third Maronite Cardinal and the 76th Patriarch of the Maronite Church with the official title of "His Beatitude and Eminence the seventy-sixth Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant".

Sfeir was born in Rayfoun. He died of a chest infection on 12 May 2019 in Beirut. He was 98.

References

Other websites

 Official website 

 His Beatitude and Eminence Patriarch Sfeir 
 Dossier: Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
 Patriarch Sfeir page on Catholic Hierarchy

Category:1920 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Deaths from respiratory tract infection
Category:Lebanese Christians
Category:Maronites
Category:Eastern Catholic bishops
Category:Patriarchs