Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite)
Sancti Maronis Bruklynien(sis) Maronitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Brooklyn, New York, United States
The Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn is a Maronite Catholic eparchy serving the eastern United States, established as an exarchate in 1966 and raised to an eparchy in 1971. Bishop Gregory John Mansour has been eparch since 2004.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 1966
- Latin
- Sancti Maronis Bruklynien(sis) Maronitarum
- Patron
- Saint Maron
- Annuario code
- 001002824
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 33,000
- Population
- 2,017
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 418
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
- Gregory John Mansour
- Born
- 11 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Flint
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 Lebanon Cathedral stands in Brooklyn, 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
Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and serving the East Coast of the United States, the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Bruklyniensis Maronitarum) belongs to the Antiochene Syriac Maronite Church. In keeping with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO), the eparchy stands under the direct jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff. It counted 33,000 baptized in 2017, and its eparch is Gregory John Mansour.
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].