Eparchy of Zahleh
Mariamnen(sis) Maronitarum
Eparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Zahleh, Lebanon
Maronite Catholic eparchy of Zahleh in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, erected on 4 August 1977 (initially joined to the Eparchy of Baalbek, separated on 9 June 1990). It is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and its cathedral is Saint Maron Cathedral in Zahleh.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 1977
- Latin
- Mariamnen(sis) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000226
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,000
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 1,471
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
- Eparch
- Joseph Mouawad
- Born
- 26 March 1970
- Birthplace
- Mayfouq
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 Maron Cathedral, Zahleh stands in Zahleh, 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
In Lebanon, the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Zahleh (Latin: Eparchia Mariamnensis Maronitarum) is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. It counted 50,000 baptized in 2014 and is presently ruled by Eparch Joseph Mouawad.
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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.