Archeparchy of Saïdā, Saida, Sidone
Sidonien(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
Suffragan archeparchy · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · Saïdā, Saida, Sidone, Lebanon
Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy of Sidon, Lebanon, whose line of bishops in communion with Rome dates to 1683; it was elevated to an archeparchy by Pope Paul VI on 18 November 1964. Suffragan of the Melkite Archeparchy of Tyre, it covers Sidon and Chouf districts and its cathedral is Saint Nicholas Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan archeparchy
- Tradition
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1683
- Latin
- Sidonien(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001002796
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,000
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 744
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
- Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.
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 Nicholas Cathedral, Sidon stands in Saïdā, Saida, Sidone, 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 Tyre (Melkite)
A suffragan of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre.
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of Bāniyās, Cesarea di Filippo, PaneadeMarjayoun
- Archeparchy of Tripoli del Libano, TarabulusTripoli del Libano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon (Latin: Archeparchia Sidoniensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is governed by Archeparch Elie Bechara Haddad. Its territory comprises 53 parishes with, as of 2010, 32,000 Melkite Catholics.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archevêché Grec-Melkite-Catholique, Rue El-Moutran, B.P. Box 247, Saïda, Liban
- Telephone
- [07]720.100; fax 722.055
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.