Archbishop Cyril

The Most Rev. Cyril Salim Bustros (1939- ) is a member of the Missionaries of St. Paul. Born in Ain-Borday, Lebanon, he taught at the St. Paul Institute in Harissa and at St. Joseph University in Beirut. He served as Archbishop of Baalbeck from 1988 to 2004 before becoming our fourth eparch (our fifth bishop). In 2011 he was elected Metropolitan of Beirut and Jbeil by the Synod of the patriarchate. He has also served as a member of the International Commission for Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East.