Boutros Gemayel[1] (29 June 1932 – 21 August 2021[2]) was an emeritus Maronite Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus.
Life
editBoutros Gemayel received on 12 April 1959 the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood.[citation needed]
On 11 June 1988 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Archbishop of Archeparchy of Cyprus with headquarters in Nicosia. On 11 September 1988 his episcopal ordination was performed by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir; his co-consecrators were his predecessor Archeparch Elie Farah and Joseph Mohsen Béchara, Archbishop of Antelias of the Maronites in Lebanon.[citation needed]
On 6 June 2008, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Gemayel's resignation due to limitations of age.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Archeparchy of Cyprus, Cyprus (Maronite Rite)". Gcatholic.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Central – Death misses Archbishop Boutros Gemayel… and situations that remind him of him!
External links
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- Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Boutros Gemayel [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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