{{Short description|Lebanese Catholic priest (born 1950)}}{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | name = Samir Nassar | title = Archeparch of Damascus | image = Mgr Samir Nassar, archevêque maronite de Damas.png | church = Maronite Church | archdiocese = Archeparchy of Damascus | caption = Archeparch Nassar in 2017 | term_start = 14 August 2006 | predecessor = Raymond Eid | ordination = 17 August 1980 | consecration = 26 November 2006 | consecrated_by = Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|7|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Nabay, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon | native_name = سمير نصار | native_name_lang = ar }}
'''Samir Nassar''' (born 5 July 1950 in Nebay, Lebanon) is the current archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Damascus.
==Life==
Samir Nassar received on August 17, 1980, the sacrament of Holy orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the Maronite Archeparchy of Damascus.
On 10 June 2006, he was elected bishop by the synod of the Maronite Church to the Archeparchy of Damascus. Pope Benedict XVI approved his election as archbishop of the Archeparchy of Damascus on 14 October 2006. Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, gave him on 26 November of the same year<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/dama2.htm gcatholic.org]</ref> the episcopal ordination and his co-consecrators were the Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut, Paul Youssef Matar and the retired bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo, Joseph Mahfouz, OLM.
On 8 January 2018, a bomb hit Nassar's bedroom, where he had been taking a nap, with him barely surviving due to his getting up to use the bathroom before the bomb hit his room. The Maronite Cathedral of Damascus was also damaged.<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=15 January 2018|title=Syrian bishop narrowly avoids death in bombing|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/37511/syrian-bishop-narrowly-avoids-death-in-bombing|website=catholicnewsagency.com|location=|publisher=CNA}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnassa.html
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nassar, Samir}} Category:1950 births Category:Lebanese Maronites Category:21st-century Maronite Catholic bishops Category:Living people
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