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Archeparchy of Bairut, Beirut

Beryten(sis) Armenorum

Eastern metropolitan see · Armenian Catholic Church · Beirut, Lebanon

Armenian Catholic archeparchy of Beirut, the see attached to the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia, whose patriarch resides in Beirut. Its principal church is the Cathedral of St. Elias and St. Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut, where Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, elected the 21st Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians on September 23, 2021, was enthroned. Auxiliary Bishop Krikor Badishah assists in the pastoral care of the archeparchy.

The see

Rank
Eastern metropolitan see
Tradition
Armenian Catholic Church
Erected
23 June 1928
Latin
Beryten(sis) Armenorum
Annuario code
001000793

The see in figures

Catholics
10,280
Priests
18
Catholics per priest
571

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 Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian

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. Elias and St. Gregory the Illuminator, 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 Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website

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