Archeparchy of the patriarchate Antélias, Lebanon
Archeparchy of Antélias
Antelien(sis) Maronitarum
Maronite Church
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.
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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.
- رعيّة مارت تقلا المسقىTown not recordedView parish
- رعيّة مارت تقلا بقنّاياTown not recordedView parish
- رعيّة مارت تقلا بمريمTown not recordedView parish
- رعيّة مارت تقلا جل الديبTown not recordedView parish
- رعيّة مارت تقلا شويّاTown not recordedView parish
- كاتدرائيّة القيامة الرابية - الربوة - قرنة شهوانTown not recordedView parish
- كنيسة مار شربل شنّورةTown not recordedView parish
- مزار القدّيسة رفقا حملاياTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.