Blessed Khalīl al-Haddād (1 February 1875 - 26 June 1954) - in religious Ya'Qūb from Ghazīr - was a Lebanese Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor as a Capuchin friar.[1] He was the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross.[2] He was a noted preacher and founder of various orphanages and schools across Lebanon.[3][4] Presidents of the state honored him with various awards while the populace compared him to the likes of Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Giovanni Bosco.