Eparchy of Bairut, Beirut
Beryten(sis) Syrorum
Suffragan eparchy · Syriac Catholic Church · Beirut, Lebanon
Syriac Catholic eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon, established in 1819. It is a patriarchal eparchy administered directly by the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch as its ordinary, currently Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syriac Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1819
- Latin
- Beryten(sis) Syrorum
- Annuario code
- 001000797
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,000
- Priests
- 13
- Catholics per priest
- 2,462
- Extent
- 10,452 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Patriarch
- His Beatitude Ignatius Joseph III Younan
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
Cathedral of St. George (Syriac Catholic), Beirut stands in Beirut, 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.
The province of Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of Bassorah e GolfoBasra
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Archeparchy of Hassaké-NisibiHassaké
- Archeparchy of Homs, EmesaHoms, Emesa
- Archeparchy of MossulMossul
- Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of AntiochAntiochia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut is an eparchy of the Syriac Catholic Church in Lebanon. Within it, in the episcopal see of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, stands the cathedra of the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Patriarcat Syrien Catholique, Rue de Damas, B.P. 116-5087, 1106-2010 Beyrouth, Liban
- Telephone
- [01]615.892/4; 872.399; fax 616.573
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.