Maronite_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Our_Lady_of_Lebanon_of_Paris

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris

Eastern Catholic eparchy in France

The Eparchy of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (in Latin: Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis Parisiensis Maronitarum)[1] is a Maronite Catholic diocese. It was erected on 21 July 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI who appointed Eparch Nasser Gemayel as its first bishop. It had 50,300[citation needed] baptized at the same year in 2013. The Eparchy has 9 churches.[2]

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Territory and statistics

The eparchy includes all Lebanese Maronite Catholic faithful in France. Its eparchial seat is the city of Paris, where is located the Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris Cathedral.

The territory is divided into four parishes and had 50,300[citation needed] baptized in 2013.

History

Previously the Maronite faithful were under the jurisdiction of Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France, erected on 16 June 1954. The Eparchy was erected on 21 July 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI's papal bull Historia traditiones.[3] His eparch, Nasser Gemayel, was previously pastor of the parish of Saint Tekla in Masqua (Lebanon).

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References

  1. [1]
    Gcatholic
  2. [2]
    Hanna, Alfred. "Union Between Christians".
  3. [3]
    in AAS 104 (2012), p. 691 vatican.va
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