Diocese of Beirut, Lebanon (Chaldean Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Chaldean

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1957.07.03: Established as Diocese of Beirut / Beyrouth (français) / Bairut / Beryten(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Gazireh and without ecclesiastical province)

Papal Visits

Pope Benedict XVI (2012.09)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.01.12 – ...):

Bishop Michel Kassarji (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Beirut (Chaldean Rite)

Bishop Michel Kassarji (67)
(2001.01.12 – ...)

Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)

Born:	1956.06.01 (Zahlé, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.10

Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (2001.01.12 – ...)

Bishop Raphael J. Bidawid (later Patriarch)
(1966.03.02 – 1989.05.21)

Born:	1922.04.17 (Mossul, Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1944.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.10.06
Died:	2003.07.07 († 81)

Bishop of Amadiyah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1957.01.20 – 1966.03.02)

Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1966.03.02 – 1989.05.21)

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans (Iraq) ([1989.05.21] 1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07)

President of Synod of the Chaldean Church (1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07)

President of Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq (1989.06.11 – 2003.07.07)

Bishop Gabriel Ganni (later Archbishop)
(1964.02.12 – 1966.03.02)

Born:	1906.08.06 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1929.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.05.20
Died:	1981.11.10 († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1956.03.19 – 1959)

Titular Bishop of Gargara (1956.03.19 – 1964.02.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1959 – 1964.02.12)

Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1964.02.12 – 1966.03.02)

Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1966.03.02 – 1971.01.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1966.03.02 – 1971.01.15)

Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1971.01.15 – 1981.11.10)

Bishop Gabriel Naamo
(1957.06.28 – 1964.02.12)

Born:	1879.06.29 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1902.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.04.02
Died:	1964.02.12 († 84)

Apostolic Administrator of Syria of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Batnæ (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.28)

Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1957.06.28 – 1964.02.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Ganni (later Archbishop) (1959 – 1964.02.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Ganni (later Archbishop) (1956.03.19 – 1959)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Raphael, Baabda, Mount Lebanon

Cairo (↙), Aleppo (↗), Jerusalem (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 17,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 4 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 3 priests (diocesan), 3 religious (3 sisters), 1 seminarian

Chaldean Diocese of

Beirut