Archeparchy of Tyr, Tiro, Sur
Tyren(sis) Maronitarum
Archeparchy of the patriarchate · Maronite Church · Tyr, Tiro, Sur, Lebanon
Maronite Catholic archeparchy of Tyre, serving Maronite faithful in southern Lebanon. Part of the combined Eparchy of Tyre and Sidon established by the 1736 Synod of Mount Lebanon, it became a separate eparchy in 1838 and was elevated to archeparchy rank in 1965; its cathedral is Our Lady of the Seas in Tyre.
The see
- Rank
- Archeparchy of the patriarchate
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 1838
- Latin
- Tyren(sis) Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000029
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 42,500
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,214
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
- Archbishop
- Charbel Abdallah
- Born
- 17 February 1967
- Birthplace
- Hajjeh
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
Our Lady of the Seas Cathedral, Tyre stands in Tyr, Tiro, Sur, 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, the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre (Latin: Archeparchia Tyrensis Maronitarum) counted 42,500 baptized in 2014. Archeparch Charbel Abdallah presently rules 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].