Nasrallah Boutros Cardinal Sfeir †

Deceased

Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

Priest of Damas (Maronite)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 May 1920		Born
7 May 1950	29.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Damas (Maronite), Syria
19 Jun 1961	41.0	Selected	Patriarchal Vicar
23 Jun 1961	41.1	Confirmed	Patriarchal Vicar
23 Jun 1961	41.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
16 Jul 1961	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
19 Apr 1986	65.9	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
7 May 1986	65.9	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
26 Nov 1994	74.5	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Feb 2011	90.7	Resigned	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
12 May 2019	98.9	Died	Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

MicroData Summary for Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
(VIAF: 64045930; WikiData: Q462331)
Nasrallah Boutros Cardinal Sfeir (born 15 May 1920, died 12 May 2019) Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch}

Consistory - 1994: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Reyfoun
Ordained Bishop Bkerké
Death Place Hotel Dieu, Hospital, Beirut
Buried Place (Original) Maronite, Church, Bkerké

a priest for 69.0 years
a bishop for 57.8 years
a cardinal for 24.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Pierre-Paul Méouchi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop João (Jean) Chedid, O.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
Bishop Michael Doumith †
Bishop of Sarba (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Pierre-Paul Méouchi † (1934)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Antonio Pierre Arida † (1908)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Elias Pierre Hoyek (Hoayek) † (1889)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Boulos Boutros Mass’ad (Massaad) † (1841)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youssef Boutros Hobaish (Habaisci) † (1820)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Yuhanna El-Helou (Dolce) † (1786)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Joseph VI Estephan † (1754)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Siméon VII Awad † (1716)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Jacob IV Awad † (1698)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Bl. Estephan Douaihi † (1668)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Georges Rizqallah Beseb’ely † (1656)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Patriarch Youhanna Bawwab el-Safrawi †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Paul-Marwan Tabet, M.L. (1986)
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L. (1986)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader † (1986)
Archbishop Youssef Mohsen Béchara † (1986)
Bishop Abdallah Bared † (1986)
Bishop Antoine Torbey † (1986)
Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé † (1986)
Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M. (1986)
Archbishop Boutros Edmond Gemayel † (1988)
Archbishop Antoine Hamid Mourany † (1989)
Bishop Joseph Dergham † (1989)
Bishop Philippe Boutros Chebaya † (1990)
Archbishop Pierre Callaos † (1990)
Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim (1990)
Bishop Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M. † (1990)
Bishop Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. (1990)
Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari † (1991)
Archbishop Paul Youssef Matar (1991)
Archbishop Maroun Khoury Sader † (1992)
Archbishop Gabriel Toubia † (1993)
Bishop Joseph Khoury † (1993)
Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † (1995)
Bishop Pierre Wadih Tayah † (1996)
Archbishop Paul Nabil El-Sayah (1996)
Bishop Tanios El Khoury † (1996)
Bishop Stephen Hector Youssef Doueihi † (1997)
Bishop Samir Mazloum (1997)
Archbishop Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado † (1997)
Archbishop Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † (1997)
Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari (1997)
Archbishop Raymond Eid † (1999)
Bishop Robert Joseph Shaheen † (2001)
Bishop Youssef Massoud Massoud † (2001)
Bishop Ad Abi Karam (2002)
Bishop Mansour Hobeika † (2002)
Bishop Georges Miled Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. (2003)
Archbishop Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage (2003)
Bishop Gregory John Mansour (2004)
Archbishop Georges Bou-Jaoudé (Aboujaoudé), C.M. † (2006)
Bishop Simon Atallah, O.A.M. (2006)
Bishop François Eid, O.M.M. (2006)
Bishop Elias Nassar (2006)
Archbishop Samir Nassar (2006)
Bishop Edgar Amine Madi (2006)
Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif (2008)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J. † (1970)
Bishop Joseph Merhi, M.L. † (1972)
Bishop Paul Bassim, O.C.D. † (1974)
Bishop John George Chedid † (1981)
Bishop Emile Eid † (1983)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
r: Bollettino, 26 Feb 2011
d: CB, 12 May 2019
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Nov 1994
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 91

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