RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bechara Boutros al-Rahi

1940 - Today

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Bechara Boutros Al-Ra'i (or Raï; Arabic: بِشَارَة بُطرُس الرَّاعِيّ, romanized: Mor Bişâre Butrus er-Râî; Syriac: ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; Latin: Béchara Petrus Raï) (born 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since 15 March 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Rahi was made a cardinal on 24 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. He is a member of the Mariamite Maronite Order. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bechara Boutros al-Rahi is the 1,032nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,284th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Lebanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 1,032 out of 3,187. Before him are Saturnin, Rupert of Salzburg, Abiathar, Euthymius the Great, Lambert of Maastricht, and Abdullah ibn Salam. After him are Al-Juwayni, Veronica Giuliani, Cláudio Hummes, Lidwina, Antipope Dioscorus, and Carlos Osoro Sierra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 102. Before him are Jair da Costa, George Akerlof, Lothar de Maizière, Alan Kay, Dionne Warwick, and Joseph L. Goldstein. After him are Linda Gray, Richard Lynch, Mamnoon Hussain, Phil Ochs, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jean-Luc Nancy.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 27 out of 145. Before him are Bachir Gemayel (1947), Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073), Rashid Rida (1865), Frumentius (400), Amal Clooney (1978), and Michel Suleiman (1948). After him are Maria of Montferrat (1192), Kamal Jumblatt (1917), Delphine Seyrig (1932), Nimatullah Kassab (1808), Walid Jumblatt (1949), and Amine Gemayel (1942).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Lebanon

Among religious figures born in Lebanon, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi ranks 9. Before him are Charbel Makhlouf (1828), Christina of Bolsena (210), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073), Rashid Rida (1865), and Frumentius (400). After him are Nimatullah Kassab (1808), Pamphilus of Caesarea (240), Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (707), and Aram I (1947).

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