Cyril Salim Bustros

Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros
Church	Baalbeck, Eparch of Newton

Cyril Salim Bustros (born January 26, 1939) is the

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Life

Archbishop Cyril was born at Ain-Borday, near Baalbek, Lebanon on January 26, 1939. He is a member of the Bustros family, a prominent clan in Lebanese society.

Education

After his primary and secondary studies at the Minor Seminary of St. Paul at Harissa, he pursued his philosophical studies at

. He then studied theology for four years (1958–1962) at the Major Seminary at St. Anne of Jerusalem.

Priesthood

He was ordained to the priesthood in the Society of the Missionaries of Saint Paul on June 29, 1962.

From 1962 to 1970, he was Professor of Classical Greek and of French Literature at the Minor Seminary. Then from 1972-1974 Professor of Philosophy and Theology at St. Paul Institute in Harissa.

Interrupting his teaching, he pursued a Doctorate of Theology at the

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Episcopate

In 1988 the Holy

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Bustros was appointed to lead

Eparch of Newton

, Massachusetts at Annunciation Cathedral on August 18, 2004.

The archbishop is a member of the International Commission for Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, and of the Standing Conference of American-Middle Eastern Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders.^[1]

In June 2011 the Holy Synod of the Melkite Church elected Archbishop Cyril Bustros to the Metropolitan See of Beirut. Taking his place as eparch of the United States is Bishop Nicholas Samra.

Distinctions

• Grand Prior of the Province of the United States of the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem^[2]

Notes

References

• The Melkite Handbook: Introducing the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Published by the Office of Educational Services, Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton (2008)

External links

• Archbishop Cyril discusses the culture clash between Islam and the West