Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
Ciliciae Armenorum
Patriarchal Church · Armenian Catholic Church · Beirut, Lebanon
The Patriarchate of Cilicia of the Armenians is the sole patriarchate of the Armenian Catholic Church, promoted to patriarchal rank in 1742, with its seat in Beirut, Lebanon since 1928. Its patriarchal cathedral is the Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut.
The see
- Rank
- Patriarchal Church
- Tradition
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1742
- Latin
- Ciliciae Armenorum
- Annuario code
- 001000559
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,103
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
- Patriarch
- His Beatitude Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian
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
Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator, 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.
The province of Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of DamasDamas
- Archeparchy of Alep, Beroea, HalabAlep
- Archeparchy of Bairut, BeirutBeirut
- Eparchy of KamichliéQamishli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The sole patriarchate of the Armenian Catholic Church, the Patriarchate of Cilicia (Latin: Patriarchatus Ciliciæ Armenorum) exercises its territorial jurisdiction over the Archeparchy of Beirut, where the Patriarch of Cilicia holds ordinary authority. Its cathedra is the St. Elie and St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Catholic Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon. Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, elected in September 2021, heads the patriarchate.
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].