Bechara Boutros al-Rahi

His Beatitude Moran Mor

Bechara Boutros al-Ra'i

OMM
His Beatitude Moran Mor; Bechara Boutros al-Ra'i; OMM
Patriarch of Antioch
	Al-Ra'i in 2013
Church	Maronite Church
See	Antioch and All the East
Appointed	15 March 2011
Installed	25 March 2011
Predecessor	Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Previous posts	Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch (1986–1990); Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi (1986–1990); Eparch of Byblos (1990–2011);
Orders
Ordination	3 September 1967
Consecration	12 July 1986; by Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Created cardinal	24 November 2012; by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank	Patriarch (Cardinal Bishop)
Personal details
Born	25 February 1940; Hemlaya, Lebanon
Denomination	Catholic Church
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Bechara Boutros Al-Ra'i OMM (or Raï; Arabic: بِشَارَة بُطرُس الرَّاعِيّ, romanized: Mor Bishāre Buṭrus er-Rāʿī; 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.