Syriac_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Beirut

Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Beirut

Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Beirut

Syriac Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Lebanon

The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Lebanon. The Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch's cathedra is found in the eparchy in the episcopal see of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

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History

It was established in 1819. Generally, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch will administer the Eparchy of Beirut as its ordinary and sole episcopal officer, but he may also appoint a proper eparch.

Pope Benedict XVI visited the eparchy in September 2012.

Episcopal ordinaries

Incomplete list
Eparchs (Bishops) of Beirut
  • Efrem Rahmani (1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01), formerly Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Syriacs (1887.10.02 – 1890.09.20); later Archeparch (Archbishop) of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1894.05.01 – 1898.10.09), Eparch (Bishop) of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkey) (1898.10.09 – 1929.05.07), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) as Ignace Dionisio Efrem II Rahmani ([1898.10.09] 1898.11.28 – death 1929.05.07)
  • Apostolic Administrator Théophile Georges Kassab (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20), while Metropolitan Archeparch of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1999.05.08] 1999.12.18 – 2013.10.22)

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