Eparchy of the patriarchate Jbeil, Byblos, Lebanon
Eparchy of Jbeil, Byblos
Byblien(sis) Maronitarum
Maronite Church
Maronite Catholic eparchy of Byblos (Jbeil), Lebanon, erected on 12 June 1673 and confirmed by the Maronite Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736; it was separated from the Eparchy of Batroun on 9 June 1990. It is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and its cathedral is Saint John Mark Cathedral in Byblos.
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- Established
- 1673
- Catholics
- 160,000
- Priests
- 112
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Eparch
- Michel Aoun
- Born
- 2 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Dammour
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The cathedral
Saint John Mark Cathedral, Byblos stands in Jbeil, Byblos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Byblos (Latin: Eparchia Bybliensis Maronitarum) serves Lebanon. It counted 160,000 baptized in 2013, and Eparch Michel Aoun presently governs it.