Eparchy of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México
Dominae Nostrae Martyrum Libanensium in Civitate Mexicana Maronitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México, Mexico
Maronite Catholic eparchy for the faithful of the Maronite Church in Mexico, erected 6 November 1995 and immediately exempt to the Holy See. Its seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de Valvanera in Mexico City. The see is vacant as of 2026, with an apostolic administrator governing; Bishop Georges Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M., is eparch emeritus.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 6 November 1995
- Latin
- Dominae Nostrae Martyrum Libanensium in Civitate Mexicana Maronitarum
- Annuario code
- 001002424
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,000
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 10,667
- Extent
- 1,964,375 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Bishop
- Georges Saad Abi Younes
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
Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de Valvanera stands in Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México, 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 Holy See, the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico City (Latin: Eparchy Dominae Nostrae Martyrum Libanensium in Civitate Mexicana Maronitarum) serves the Maronite Church in Mexico. Its membership stood at 160,000 in 2010, and its current eparch is Georges Saad Abi Younes, OLM.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Calle Margaritas 382, Col. Florida, Alcaldía Alvaro Obregon, 01030 Ciudad de México, D.F., México
- Telephone
- [55]9149-3571/2; 5554-7014
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].