Suffragan archeparchy Saïdā, Saida, Sidone, Lebanon
Archeparchy of Saïdā, Saida, Sidone
Sidonien(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchy of Sidon, Lebanon, whose line of bishops in communion with Rome dates to 1683; it was elevated to an archeparchy by Pope Paul VI on 18 November 1964. Suffragan of the Melkite Archeparchy of Tyre, it covers Sidon and Chouf districts and its cathedral is Saint Nicholas Cathedral.
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- Established
- 1683
- Catholics
- 32,000
- Priests
- 43
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
- Archbishop
- Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.
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The cathedral
Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Sidon stands in Saïdā, Saida, Sidone, 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
A suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon (Latin: Archeparchia Sidoniensis Graecorum Melkitarum) is governed by Archeparch Elie Bechara Haddad. Its territory comprises 53 parishes with, as of 2010, 32,000 Melkite Catholics.