Eparchy of Notre Dame du Liban de Paris
Dominae Nostrae Libanen(sis) Parisien(sis)
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Notre Dame du Liban de Paris, France
The Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris is the Maronite rite eparchy for the Maronite faithful of France, erected on 21 July 2012 with its seat in Paris; it is immediately subject to the Holy See and the Maronite Patriarchate structure. Its cathedral is Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Paris; per catholic-hierarchy the see is currently vacant and governed by an apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 21 July 2012
- Latin
- Dominae Nostrae Libanen(sis) Parisien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002411
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 52,200
- Population
- 2,021
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 2,486
- Extent
- 674,843 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Bishop
- Nasser Gemayel
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 Lebanon Cathedral, Paris stands in Notre Dame du Liban de Paris, 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
A Maronite Catholic diocese, the Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (in Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis Parisiensis Maronitarum) was erected on 21 July 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI, who named Eparch Nasser Gemayel as its first bishop. In 2013 it counted 50,300 baptized members, and it maintains 9 churches.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].