| LC control no. | no2016000335 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Meouchi, Paul Boutros, Cardinal Patriarch of Antioch, 1894-1975 |
| Variant(s) | Meouchi, Butros, 1894-1975 |
| Biography/History note | Paul Boutros Meouchi, Lebanese Cardinal Patriarch of the Maronite Church (b. Djezzine, Lebanon, April 1, 1894-d. January 11, 1974, Beirut, Lebanon), studied at the College de la Sagesse in Beirut, Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1917, and later served as a parish priest in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and in Los Angeles, California, from 1920 to 1943. In 1935 he became bishop of Tyre, Lebanon. In 1955, he was appointed Patriarch of Antioch, then in 1965 was elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI. |
| Located | Rome (Italy) New Bedford (Mass.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Tyre (Lebanon) |
| Birth date | 1894-04-01 |
| Death date | 1975-01-11 |
| Place of birth | Jezzine (Lebanon) |
| Place of death | Beirut (Lebanon) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church. Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy |
| Found in | White House Photographs, President John F. Kennedy with Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Paul Boutros Meouchi, August 29, 1962. <http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-KN-C23490.aspx> New York Times via ProQuest.com, Dec. 16, 2015: obituary, Jan. 12, 1975 (Paul Cardinal Meouchi; 81, dies; patriarch of Maronite Church; named Butros Meouchi at birth) Findagrave.com, Dec. 16, 2015 (Cardinal Pieerre Paul Meouchi; b. Apr. 1, 1894, Al-Janub, Lebanon; d. Jan. 11, 1974, Beirut Lebanon; Maronite Patriarch of Antioch; also Pierre-Paul M?ouchi) <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132698673> VIAF, Dec. 16, 2015. http://viaf.org/viaf/305115078 |
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