Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil

Eparchy of Jbeil (Maronite)
Eparchia Bybliensis Maronitarum
Location
Country Lebanon
Metropolitan Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
Statistics
Population
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
160,000 (n/a%)
Parishes 68
Information
Sui iuris church Maronite
Rite West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established 9 June 1990
Cathedral Saint John Mark Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Eparch Michel Aoun

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil (in Latin: Eparchia Bybliensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2013 there were 160,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Eparch Michel Aoun.

Territory

The eparchy includes the Jbeil District in Lebanon. Its eparchial seat is the city of Jbeil, where is located the Saint John Mark Cathedral.

The territory is divided into 68 parishes and in 2013 there were 160,000 Maronite Catholics.

History

The eparchy of Jbeil was erected on June 12, 1673 and its canonical erection was confirmed in the Maronite Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736. In 1768 it was united to Eparchy of Batroun. In 1848 the seat of the Eparchy Jbeil-Batroun became the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch's seat.

On June 9, 1990 it was separated from Batroun and assumed its present name.

Eparchs

- Seat of the Patriarch (1848-1990)

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