Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias

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Archeparchy of Antelias (Maronite) Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum

Location
Country	Lebanon
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
Headquarters	Lebanon
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2012) 249,971
Parishes	93
Information
Denomination	Eastern Catholic Churches
Sui iuris church	Maronite Church
Rite	West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established	June 11, 1988 (36 years ago)
Cathedral	Saint Elias Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Archeparch	Antoine Farès Bou Najem
Website
http://anteliasdiocese.com/

The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias (informally Antelias of the Maronites) (in Latin: Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite (Antiochian Rite, Arabic), non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) in northern Lebanon.

Territory and statistics

It is immediately dependent on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Resurrection Cathedral, 5 km north of Beirut, in the Matn District, Lebanon, that is its jurisdiction.

The territory is divided into 93 parishes and in 2012 there were 249,971 Lebanese Maronite Catholic members.

History

It was established on 11 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II on territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.

Eparchs

Joseph Mohsen Béchara (11 June 1988 – retired 16 June 2012), previously Archeparch (Archbishop) of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1986.04.04 – 1988.06.11)
Camille Zaidan (16 June 2012 – 21 October 2019), previously Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites (2011.08.13 – 2012.06.16), Bishop of Curia of the Maronites (2011.08.13 – 2012.06.16)
Antoine Farès Bou Najem (3 March 2021 – present)

Sources

Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3.
Baalbek, Dictionnaire d’Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, Paris 1932, coll. 7–8.

References

Cheney, David M. "Antélias (Archeparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
"أبرشيّة أنطلياس المارونيّة - أبرشيّة أنطلياس المارونيّة". www.anteliasdiocese.com.

External links

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West Syriac Rite
Patriarch	List of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch Bkerké Dimane Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Eparchies	Archeparchy of Beirut Archeparchy of Antelias Archeparchy of Tripoli Archeparchy of Tyre Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar Eparchy of Batroun Eparchy of Byblos Eparchy of Sidon Eparchy of Zahleh Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy of Aleppo Eparchy of Latakia Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan Eparchy of Cairo Archeparchy of Cyprus Eparchy of the Annunciation, Ibadan Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo
Churches	Cathedrals: St George Cathedral, Beirut Cathedral of Saint Elijah, Aleppo St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Brooklyn) Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral (Los Angeles) St. Raymond Cathedral (St. Louis) Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral, Ibadan Valvanera Cathedral, Mexico City Our Lady of Grace Cathedral (Nicosia) Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Paris) Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, São Paulo St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney Churches: Church of Saidet et Tallé Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth St. Ann's Church, Albany St. Sharbel Church, Portland Shrines: Our Lady of Lebanon Our Lady of Bekaa Our Lady of Bechouat Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (North Jackson, Ohio) Monasteries: Monastery of Saint Maron Monastery of Qozhaya Mar Sarkis, Ehden Monastery of the Holy Saviour, Kreim Maronite Convent, Jerusalem
Religious institutes	Lebanese Maronite Order Antonin Maronite Order Mariamite Maronite Order Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries
Saints	Maron John Maron Abraham of Cyrrhus Domnina of Syria Chayna Nimatullah Kassab Charbel Makhlouf Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès Bl. Istifan al-Duwayhi Bl. Elias Peter Hoayek
Traditions	Three Sundays of Commemoration
See also	Lebanese Maronite Christians Cross of All Nations Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Notre Dame des Secours
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