Archeparchy of Tyr, Tiro, Sur
Tyren(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
Eastern metropolitan see · Melkite · Tyr, Tiro, Sur, Lebanon
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.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Melkite
- Erected
- 1683
- Latin
- Tyren(sis) Graecorum Melkitarum
- Annuario code
- 001000028
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,857
- Population
- 2,017
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 317
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
- Georges Iskandar, B.S.
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 Thomas 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.
The province of Tyre (Melkite metropolitan see)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].