Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite)
Dominae Nostrae Libanen(sis) in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Los Angeles, California, United States
A Maronite Catholic eparchy serving 34 western, central, and southern US states, erected in 1994 with its cathedral in Los Angeles and administrative seat in St. Louis. It is led by Eparch Abdallah Elias Zaidan.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 19 February 1994
- Latin
- Dominae Nostrae Libanen(sis) in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lebanon
- Annuario code
- 001002497
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 52,300
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 817
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
- Abdallah Elias Zaidan, M.L.M.
- Born
- 10 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Kassaybé
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 Mount Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral stands in Los Angeles, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral, St. Louis.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Serving Maronite faithful across the western and central United States, the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Antiochene Syriac Maronite Church, though its headquarters sit in St. Louis, Missouri. Under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) it answers directly to the Roman Pontiff. The baptized numbered 52,300 in 2013. Its eparch is Abdallah Elias Zaidan, MLM.
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].