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Archeparchy of Tyr, Tiro, Sur

Tyren(sis) Maronitarum

Maronite Catholic archeparchy of Tyre, serving Maronite faithful in southern Lebanon. Part of the combined Eparchy of Tyre and Sidon established by the 1736 Synod of Mount Lebanon, it became a separate eparchy in 1838 and was elevated to archeparchy rank in 1965; its cathedral is Our Lady of the Seas in Tyre.

The see

Rank
Archeparchy of the patriarchate
Tradition
Maronite Church
Erected
1838
Latin
Tyren(sis) Maronitarum
Annuario code
001000029

The see in figures

Catholics
42,500
Priests
35
Catholics per priest
1,214

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
Charbel Abdallah
Born
17 February 1967
Birthplace
Hajjeh

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

Our Lady of the Seas Cathedral, Tyre stands in Tyr, Tiro, Sur, 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

Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre (Latin: Archeparchia Tyrensis Maronitarum) counted 42,500 baptized in 2014. Archeparch Charbel Abdallah presently rules it.

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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.