Archeparchy of Bairut, Beirut e Jbeil
Beryten(sis) et Byblen(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
Eastern metropolitan see · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Beirut, Lebanon
Melkite Greek Catholic metropolitan archeparchy covering Beirut, Byblos and surrounding areas of Lebanon. The Greek Catholic eparchy dates to 1724 and was elevated to an archeparchy on 16 August 1881; its cathedral is Saint Elias Greek Catholic Cathedral in Beirut.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1724
- Latin
- Beryten(sis) et Byblen(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000794
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Priests
- 120
- Catholics per priest
- 1,667
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
- Archbishop
- Georges Wadih Bacouni, S.M.S.P.
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 Elias Greek Catholic Cathedral, 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 Beirut and Byblos (Melkite metropolitan see)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Since 1881 the Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos (Latin: Archieparchia Berytensis et Gibailensis Graecorum Melkitarum) has been a metropolitan eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Situated in Lebanon and embracing the cities of Beirut and Byblos, it is by population the largest Melkite eparchy in the Middle East. Georges Wadih Bacouni, S.M.S.P., its current eparch, was elected in November 2018.
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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.