Maronite Diocese of

Saint Maron of Sydney

Australia Australia

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Continent: Oceania

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Maron of Sydney (English) / Sancti Maronis Sydneyen(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

Contact Info

Address: 105 The Boulevarde, PO Box 385, Strathfield, NSW 2135, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9642 0211

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.04.17 – ...):Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. (56)Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. (56)Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. (56)
(2013.04.17 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia)

Born:1967.11.15 (Tannourine, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1993.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:2013.05.25

Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia) (2013.04.17 – ...)

Bishop ‘Ad Abikaram (86)Bishop ‘Ad Abikaram (86)
(2001.10.26 – 2013.04.17)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia)

Born:1937.03.28 (Kornet Chehwan, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1962.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:2002.01.12

Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1962.03.25 – 2001.10.26)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia) (2001.10.26 – 2013.04.17)

Bishop Joseph Hitti
(1990.11.23 – 2001.10.26)

Born:1925.09.30 (Aytou, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1951.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1991.01.06
Died:2022.02.03 (Beirut, Lebanon † 96)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia) (1990.11.23 – 2001.10.26)

Archbishop Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.J.
(1973.06.25 – 1990.11.23)

Born:1914.05.10 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1943.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:1970.04.05
Died:1998.07.07 († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1970.03.20 – 1971)

Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites (1970.03.20 – 1973.06.25)

Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1971 – 1973.06.25)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites (Australia) (1973.06.25 – 1990.11.23)

Special Churches

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 166,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (27 diocesan, 23 religious), 5 deacons, 43 religious (23 brothers, 20 sisters), 16 seminarians

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