Pietro Sfair

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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
Church Maronite 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. [1] [2] Pope John XXIII appointed Sfair as the titular Archbishop of Nisibis. [3] Sfair was a Council Father (and the most senior Maronite cleric) at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. [4]

Sfair's ministry at of the Roman discotheque Piper Club  [ it ] while he was a cardinal drew reporters. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez". Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. December 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Fahd, Butros (1974). Arcivescovo Pietro Sfair grande orientalista e predicatore, vita e opere [Archbishop Pietro Sfair great orientalist and preacher, life and work] (in Italian). Rome: Matabi al-Karim al-Hadithath.
  3. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1)
  4. ↑ Melloni, Alberto (January 27, 2021). Atlante Storico del Concilio Vaticano II [Atlas of the Second Vatican Council] (in Italian). Milan: Editoriale Jaca Book. ISBN   978-88-16-60510-7.
  5. ↑ Un cardinale in discoteca [A cardinal at the dance hall] (newsreel). Sette G / S0335 (in Italian). Archivio storico Istituto Luce. Event occurs at 00:03:02.
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