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Eparchy of the patriarchate Jounieh, Lebanon

Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh

Ioubben(sis), Sarben(sis) et Iunien(sis) Maronitarum

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for patriarcal de Nuestra Señora, in Jounieh, Lebanon.

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Established
1999
Catholics
396,250
Priests
291

Parishes and churches

4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Patriarch
His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi

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The cathedral

patriarcal de Nuestra Señora stands in Jounieh, 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 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.