Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch
Antiochen(us) Maronitarum
Patriarchal Church · Maronite Church · Antiochia, Lebanon
Patriarchal see of the Maronite Church, whose seat is at Bkerke in the Keserwan District of Lebanon, north of Beirut. Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi has been the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch since March 15, 2011 and was created cardinal by Benedict XVI in 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal Church
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Latin
- Antiochen(us) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000552
The bishop
- Patriarch
- His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Cardinal al-Rahi
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
Church of Our Lady of Bkerké (Patriarchal Seat), Bkerké stands in Antiochia, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of GiordaniaGiordania
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of AntéliasAntélias
- 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
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Church is the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (Latin: Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum), presently governed by Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM. The Maronite Church stands among several churches claiming to be the canonical incumbent of the ancient see of St. Peter and St. Paul in Antioch.
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].