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The former Eparchy of Beirut was elevated to the rank of the Archeparchy, uniting it to the seat of Byblos, formerly administered by the bishops of Beirut since 1802. Byblos corresponds to the ancient Byzantine Diocese of Byblos, mentioned in the fourth century. Fakak made his solemn entry only September 30, 1882.
Its eparchial seat is the city of Byblos, where is located the Saint John Mark Cathedral. The territory is divided into 68 parishes and in 2013 there were 160,000 Maronite Catholics. History. The eparchy of Byblos was erected on June 12, 1673, and its canonical erection was confirmed in the Maronite Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736.
The archeparchy includes the Beirut Governorate and the central part of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Beirut, where is located the Saint George Cathedral. The territory is divided into 127 parishes and as of 2012, there were 232,000 Maronite Catholics.
melkitepat.org. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, [a] or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. Its chief pastor is Patriarch Youssef Absi, headquartered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition in Damascus, Syria.
1849. Saint Elias Greek Catholic Cathedral is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral located in downtown Beirut, [1] Lebanon, dedicated to Saint Elias, completely restored after the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) on previous constructions dating to a Choueirite convent from the 19th century. Its plan followed the Byzantine style.
The Maronite Church's website claims 1,062,000 members were in Lebanon in 1994 which would have made them around 31% of Lebanon's population. [24] Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group, followed by Greek Orthodox. [25] Percentage growth of the Lebanese Maronite Christians (other sources est.)[26][23][27][28][29][30][31] Year.
The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh is the eparchy of Maronite patriarch. From Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites also depend directly: [ 3 ] Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine , erected on October 5, 1996, based in Jerusalem ; in 2014 [ needs update ] they were 504 Catholics ...
This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches.Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, they assume the name "Peter" (Boutros in Arabic, بطرس ), after the traditional first Bishop of Antioch, St. Peter, who was also the ...