Eparchy of Saïdā, Saida, Sidone
Sidonien(sis) Maronitarum
Eparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Saïdā, Saida, Sidone, Lebanon
Maronite Catholic eparchy of Sidon (Saida) in southern Lebanon, erected on 18 February 1900 when the combined Eparchy of Tyre-Sidon (established by the 1736 Synod of Mount Lebanon) was divided. It is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and its cathedral is Saint Elias Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 1900
- Latin
- Sidonien(sis) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001002795
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 156,000
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 2,026
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
- Eparch
- Maroun Ammar
- Born
- 10 February 1956
- Birthplace
- Hajé
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
Saint Elias 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
The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon (Latin: Eparchia Sidoniensis Maronitarum) in Lebanon is immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. It counted 156,000 baptized in 2014 and is presently headed by bishop Maroun Ammar.
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].