Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï, O.M.M.

Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1940		Born
3 Sep 1967	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite)
2 May 1986	46.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
2 May 1986	46.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi
12 Jul 1986	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi
9 Jun 1990	50.2	Appointed	Bishop of Jbeil {Byblos} (Maronite), Lebanon
5 Jun 1999	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon
15 Mar 2011	71.0	Selected	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
24 Mar 2011	71.0	Confirmed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
25 Mar 2011	71.0	Installed	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
24 Nov 2012	72.7	Elevated to Cardinal

MicroData Summary for Béchara Boutros Raï
(VIAF: 293372142; WikiData: Q469828)
Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï O.M.M. (born 25 Feb 1940) Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}

Consistory - November 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - November 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Himlaya
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Bkerke

Please contact the Cardinal through the Patriarchate of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite).

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir †
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé †
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M. †
Titular Bishop of Aradus
Bishop Chucrallah Harb †
Bishop of Jounieh (Maronite)
Archbishop Youssef Mohsen Béchara †
Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite)
Archbishop Khalil Abi-Nader †
Archbishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite)
Archbishop Ignace Ziadé †
Archbishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Maronite)
Archbishop Antoine Joubeir †
Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
Archbishop Elie Farah †
Archbishop Emeritus of Cipro (Maronite)
Bishop Joseph Merhi, M.L. †
Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite)
Archbishop Ibrahim Hélou †
Bishop of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir † (1961)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite)
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 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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Hanna G. Alwan, M.L. (2011)
Archbishop Camille Zaidan † (2011)
Bishop Mounir Khairallah (2012)
Bishop Michel Aoun (2012)
Bishop Elias Khoury Sleman (2012)
Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, O.A.M. (2012)
Bishop Georges Chihane (2012)
Bishop Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. (2012)
Bishop Maroun Ammar (2012)
Bishop Joseph Emile Mouawad (2012)
Bishop Maroun Nasser Gemayel (2012)
Bishop Paul-Marwan Tabet, M.L. (2013)
Bishop Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (2013)
Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. (2013)
Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L. (2013)
Bishop Antoine Chbeir (2015)
Bishop Hanna Rahmé, O.L.M. (2015)
Archbishop Paul Abdel Sater (2015)
Archbishop Joseph Tobji (2015)
Bishop Joseph Naffah (Nafaa) (2016)
Bishop Youhanna Rafic Warcha (2018)
Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (2018)
Bishop Antoine Aoukar, O.A.M. (2019)
Bishop Peter Karam (2019)
Archbishop Charbel Yusef Abdallah (2020)
Archbishop Antoine Farès Bou Najem (2021)
Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir (2021)
Archbishop Michel Jalakh, O.A.M. (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pierre Callaos † (1990)
Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim (1990)
Bishop Joseph Mahfouz, O.L.M. † (1990)
Archbishop Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, Ist. del Prado † (1997)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2011
card: Bollettino, 24 Oct 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 99, Number 8,544

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