Maronite Diocese of

Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh

Lebanon

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese, Proper eparchy of the Maronite Patriarch

Population: 423,000 Catholics (2017)

Statistics: 150 parishes, 213 priests (148 diocesan, 65 religious), 24 deacons, 180 lay religious (105 brothers, 75 sisters), 30 seminarians (2017)

Governed by: Patriarchal See of Antioch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Jbeil (↑), Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (→), Beirut (↘), Antélias (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for the Oriental Churches

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History

1986.05.02: Established as Diocese of Joubbé
1990.06.09: Renamed as Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil and Diocese of Sarba)
1999.06.05: Renamed as Diocese of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh / Joubbé–Sarba–Jounieh / Ioubben(sis), Sarben(sis) et Iunien(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jounieh, and lost territory to establish Diocese of Batroun)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1997.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Dimane, North Lebanon
Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Georges, Sarba, Mount Lebanon
Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Jounieh, Mount Lebanon
National Shrine: Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-du-Liban, Harissa, Mount Lebanon

Jbeil (↑), Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (→), Beirut (↘), Antélias (↓)

Present Prelates

Patriarch ([2011.03.15] 2011.03.25 – ...):

Cardinal Béchara Pierre Raï (Béchara Raï, O.M.M.) (81)

Cardinal-Patriarch

President of Synod of the Maronite Church

President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon

President of Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East

Auxiliary Bishop (2011 – ...):

Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari (71)

Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites

Auxiliary Bishop (2012.06.16 – ...):

Bishop Paul Rouhana, O.L.M. (66)

Titular Bishop of Antarados

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maroun Ammar (65) (2012.06.16 – 2017.06.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Némé Baïssari (1991.06.07 – 2012.06.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim (85) (1990.06.09 – 2012.06.16)

as of 2021.04.16

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