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Archeparchy of the patriarchate Antélias, Lebanon

Archeparchy of Antélias

Antelien(sis) Maronitarum

Maronite Catholic archeparchy based at Antelias, just north of Beirut, Lebanon, erected in 1988 and subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Archbishop Antoine Fares Bounajem was elected by the Maronite Synod of Bishops and appointed in 2021 with the assent of Pope Francis.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Saint Elias Cathedral, in Antélias, Lebanon.

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Established
1988
Catholics
269,000
Priests
180

Parishes and churches

98 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Antoine Fares Bounajem

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The cathedral

Saint Elias Cathedral stands in Antélias, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In northern Lebanon, the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias (informally Antelias of the Maronites; Latin: Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum) is a non-metropolitan archeparchy, an Eastern Catholic archdiocese of the Antiochian Rite using Arabic.