Pietro Sfair

Pietro Sfair (10 February 1888 - 18 May 1974 ) was a Lebanese Catholic prelate who was the Diocesan Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Church of Antioch in Rome, Italy, where he also served as Rector of the Maronite College. Pope John XXIII appointed Sfair as the titular Archbishop of Nisibis. Sfair was a Council Father (and the most senior Maronite cleric) at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. He was instrumental in making the House of Mary pilgrimage site--and its significance for Christian-Muslim undertanding--more widely known. As a consequence of his friendship with Guglielmo Marconi, Sfair was also an early proponent of the use of radio to spread the gospel message. Early in his clerical career he served as spiritual adviser to the teachers and students of the De La Salle Christian Brothers; later in life Sfair served as unofficial spiritual guide to actors, actresses and singers of the Italian entertainment industry.