Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias

The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias[2] (informally Antelias of the Maronites) (in Latin: Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite (Antiochian Rite, Arabic), non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) in northern Lebanon.

Archeparchy of Antelias (Maronite)

Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum
Location
CountryLebanon
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately Subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
HeadquartersLebanon
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
249,971[1]
Parishes93
Information
DenominationEastern Catholic Churches
Sui iuris churchMaronite Church
RiteWest Syro-Antiochene Rite
EstablishedJune 11, 1988 (36 years ago)
CathedralSaint Elias Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchBechara Boutros al-Rahi
ArcheparchAntoine Farès Bou Najem
Website
http://anteliasdiocese.com/

Territory and statistics

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It is immediately dependent on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Resurrection Cathedral, 5 km north of Beirut, in the Matn District, Lebanon, that is its jurisdiction.

The territory is divided into 93 parishes and in 2012 there were 249,971 Lebanese Maronite Catholic members.

History

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It was established on 11 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II on territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.

Eparchs

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Sources

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  • Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3.
  • Baalbek, Dictionnaire d’Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, Paris 1932, coll. 7–8.

References

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