Bechara Boutros al Rahi


Patriarch Moran Mor Bechara Boutros alRahi is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held sinceMarch 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Rahi also holds the position of a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Mar Bechara Boutros alRahi was born in Himlaya, Matn District, Lebanon onFebruary 1940. He attended Collge Notre Dame de Jamhour, a Jesuit school in Lebanon. He entered the Mariamite Maronite Order onJuly 1962 and was ordained as a priest onSeptember 1967. From 1967 to 1975 he was responsible for the Arabic programs of Vatican Radio. In 1975, he received a PhD in canon and civil law. He also studied for three years at Lateran University in Rome.

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