Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut

Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut
Basic data
Country	Lebanon
Apostolic Vicar	Cesar Essayan OFM Conv
Apostolic Vicar Emeritus	Paul Dahdah OCD
founding	1953
Parishes	8 (2010 / AP 2010 )
Catholics	15,000 (2010 / AP 2010 )
Diocesan priest	1 (2010 / AP 2010 )
Religious priest	160 (2010 / AP 2010 )
Catholics per priest	93
Friars	210 (2010 / AP 2010 )
Religious sisters	1,115 (2010 / AP 2010 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Arabic
cathedral	Saint Louis des Pères Capucins
address	BP 11-4224, Beyrouth, Liban

The Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut ( Latin apostolicus Vicariatus Berytensis ) is a Lebanon located Latin Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Beirut .

It was founded on June 4, 1953 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Aleppo .

Cared for by the Carmelites , who also provide the Apostolic Vicar, it covers the whole country and in 2002 counted 15,000 Catholics in eight parishes . Of the 138 priests , only two are diocesan priests , the rest of them come from different religious communities and are therefore mainly foreigners. At the same time, the vicariate also has 136 lay brothers and 1,375 nuns .

The vast majority of Catholics in Lebanon, however, are Maronites and also Melkites and Syrians .

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Vicariate Apostolic Beirut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Saint Louis Cathedral in Beirut

• Entry to Apostolic Vicariate Beirut on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Vicariate Apostolic Beirut on gcatholic.org