Archeparchy of Antélias
Antelien(sis) Maronitarum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Antélias, Lebanon
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.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 11 June 1988
- Latin
- Antelien(sis) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000700
The see in figures
- Population
- 2,012
- Priests
- 180
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
- Antoine Fares Bounajem
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 Elias Cathedral stands in Antélias, 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 Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of GiordaniaGiordania
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of CiproCipro
- Archeparchy of Damas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, DimašqDamas, Aš-Šām, Damasco, Dimašq
- Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El-AhmarBaalbek-Deir El-Ahmar
- Eparchy of Lattaquié, Laodicea, LattaqiyaLattaquié
- Maronite Patriarchate of AntiochAntiochia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].