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Diocese of Saint-Maron de Montréal

Sancti Maronis Marianopolitan(us) Maronitarum

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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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.