Archeparchy of Bairut, Beirut
Beryten(sis) Maronitarum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Beirut, Lebanon
Maronite Catholic archeparchy seated in Beirut, Lebanon, with a documented episcopal line since 1577. It is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and its cathedral is Saint George Maronite Cathedral in central Beirut.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 1577
- Latin
- Beryten(sis) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000795
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 232,000
- Population
- 2,012
- Priests
- 164
- Catholics per priest
- 1,415
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
- Paul Abdel Sater
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 George Maronite Cathedral, Beirut stands in Beirut, 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
Immediately subject to the Holy See, the Archeparchy of Beirut (Latin: Archeparchia Berytensis Maronitarum) is an archeparchial seat of the Maronite Church in Lebanon. It counted 232,000 baptized as of 2012 and is presently led by Archeparch Paul Abdel Sater.
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].