Syriac Diocese of

Beirut

Lebanon Lebanon

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Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese, Proper eparchy of the Syriac Patriarch

Name: Beirut / Beyrouth (français) / Bairut / Beryten(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Governed by: Patriarchal See of Antioch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Homs (↗), Damascus (→), Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Patriarch ([2009.01.20] 2009.01.22 – ...):Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan (79)Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan (79)

President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Ordinaries

Bishops of Beirut (Syriac Rite)

Archbishop Théophile Georges Kassab
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20)

Archbishop Efrem Rahmani (later Patriarch)
(1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01)

Born:1848.10.09 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:1873.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1887.10.02
Died:1929.05.07 († 80)

Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Syriacs (1887.10.02 – 1890.09.20)

Archbishop-Bishop of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1894.05.01 – 1898.10.09)

Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (1898.10.09 – 1929.05.07)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1898.10.09] 1898.11.28 – 1929.05.07)

Bishop Denys Joseph Hayek (later Archbishop)
(1841.03.19 – 1854.04.18)

Bishop of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1841.03.19 – 1854.04.18)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1854.04.18 – 1862)

Bishop Antoine Diyárbekirlî
(1817 – 1841.01.16)

Died:1841.01.16

Bishop of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1817 – 1841.01.16)

Statistics (2017.12.31)

Population: 32,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes

Personnel: 13 priests (11 diocesan, 2 religious), 6 deacons, 17 religious (7 brothers, 10 sisters), 2 seminarians

Population

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Last updated on 2023.11.30

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