Eastern metropolitan see Tyr, Tiro, Sur, Lebanon
Archeparchy of Tyr, Tiro, Sur
Tyren(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic metropolitan archeparchy of Tyre in southern Lebanon, an ancient see whose Catholic line traces to Archbishop Euthymios Saifi's communion with Rome beginning in 1683. Its cathedral is Saint Thomas Cathedral in Tyre and it serves as metropolitan for the Melkite sees of Baniyas, Sidon and Tripoli.
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- Established
- 1683
- Catholics
- 2,857
- Priests
- 9
Parishes and churches
3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale maronite Notre-Dame-des-Mers (Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of the Seas)Tyre · CathedralView parish
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Cathedral of St. Peter)Marjeyoun · CathedralView parish
- Église de Saint-Joseph (Church of St. Joseph)QanaView parish
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Georges Iskandar, B.S.
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The cathedral
Saint Thomas Cathedral, Tyre stands in Tyr, Tiro, Sur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
A metropolitan see of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre (Latin: Archeparchy Tyrensis Graecorum Melkitarum) counted 3,100 baptized in 2009. Since the removal of Archeparch Michael Abrass, BA, on 31 January 2021, it has been governed by an Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Elie Bechara Haddad, B.S.