Diocese of Saint-Maron de Montréal
Sancti Maronis Marianopolitan(us) Maronitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Saint, Canada
Maronite Catholic eparchy for Canada erected on 27 August 1982 with its see in Montréal. It is led by Eparch Paul Marwan Tabet. Note: this is an Eastern Catholic (Maronite) eparchy, not a Latin Rite diocese as the input label states.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 27 August 1982
- Latin
- Sancti Maronis Marianopolitan(us) Maronitarum
- Patron
- Saint Maron
- Annuario code
- 001002823
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 87,900
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 3,822
- Extent
- 9,984,670 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Marwān Tābit
- Born
- 20 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Bhamdoun
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Saint Maron Cathedral, Montréal stands in Saint, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Canada's Maronite faithful belong to the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal (in Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Marianopolitana Maronitarum), an ecclesiastical territory of the Maronite Church. The eparchy counted 87,900 baptized members in 2014 and is currently governed by Eparch Paul Marwan Tabet.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.