Diocese of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina (Maronite Rite)

Continent: South America

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Charbel en Buenos Aires / Sancti Sarbelii Bonaëren(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Buenos Aires

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Charbel Makhlouf (tercer domingo de julio ó 23 de julio), Saint Maron (February 9)

History

1990.10.05: Established as Diocese of San Charbel en Buenos Aires / Sancti Sarbelii Bonaëren(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (became suffragan of Buenos Aires)

Contact Info

Address: Paraguay 834, C1057AAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4311-7299

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.11.22 – ...):

Bishop Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (57)
(2019.11.22 – ...)

Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina)

Gloria Libani data est

Born:	1966.10.07 (Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.25

Titular Bishop of Nomento (2013.04.17 – 2019.11.22)

Apostolic Administrator of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina) (2013.04.17 – 2019.11.22)

Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina) (2019.11.22 – ...)

Bishop Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.04.17 – 2019.11.22)

Bishop Charbel Georges Merhi, L.M. (86)
(1990.10.05 – 2013.04.17)

Bishop emeritus of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina)

Descansad en la providencia de Dios

Born:	1937.10.12 (Eddé, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1964.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.12.02

Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires of the Maronites (Argentina) (1990.10.05 – 2013.04.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Marón, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (4)

Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (↗)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 764,115 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 4 parishes

Personnel: 8 priests (3 diocesan, 5 religious), 5 religious (5 brothers)

Maronite Diocese of

San Charbel en Buenos Aires

Argentina