Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh
Ioubben(sis), Sarben(sis) et Iunien(sis) Maronitarum
Eparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Jounieh, Lebanon
Maronite Catholic eparchy formed on 5 June 1999 by uniting the eparchies of Joubbe (1986), Sarba (1959) and Jounieh (1977), with its seat at Jounieh, Lebanon. It is a patriarchal eparchy held by the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 1999
- Latin
- Ioubben(sis), Sarben(sis) et Iunien(sis) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001001755
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 396,250
- Priests
- 291
- Catholics per priest
- 1,362
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 Cardinal Bechara Boutros 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
patriarcal de Nuestra Señora stands in Jounieh, 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 Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon, the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh (Latin: Eparchia Ioubbensis, Sarbensis et Iuniensis Maronitarum) counted 396,250 baptized in 2013. The Maronite Patriarch himself, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, presently governs it.
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].