The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut is a
Syriac Catholic Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
eparchy
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of the
Catholic Church
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in
Lebanon
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. The
Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
The Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch is the head of the Syriac Catholic Church. According to tradition, the patriarchate of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the 1st century AD, but split into two separate lines of patriarchs after ...
's
cathedra
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is found in the eparchy in the
episcopal see
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of
Beirut
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, the capital of
Lebanon
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.
History
It was established in 1819. Generally, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch will administer the Eparchy of Beirut as its
ordinary and sole episcopal officer, but he may also appoint a proper eparch.
Pope Benedict XVI
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visited the eparchy in September 2012.
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Incomplete list''
;''Eparchs (Bishops) of Beirut''
* Efrem Rahmani (1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01), formerly
Titular Archbishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Syriacs (1887.10.02 – 1890.09.20); later Archeparch (Archbishop) of
Aleppo of the Syriacs
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo (informally Aleppo of the Syrians) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese, archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Syria. The Archeparchy of Aleppo is not a metropolis (religious jur ...
(Syria) (1894.05.01 – 1898.10.09), Eparch (Bishop) of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkey) (1898.10.09 – 1929.05.07),
Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) as
Ignace Dionisio Efrem II Rahmani (
898.10.091898.11.28 – death 1929.05.07)
*
Apostolic Administrator
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Théophile Georges Kassab (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20), while Metropolitan Archeparch of
Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) (
999.05.081999.12.18 – 2013.10.22)
See also
*
Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Lebanon
Source and External links
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Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...
Eastern Catholicism in Lebanon