Eparchy Beirut (Chaldeans)
| Eparchy Beirut (Chaldeans) | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Chaldean Catholic Church |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Michel Kassarji |
| surface | 10,452 km² |
| Parishes | 3 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 3,971,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 10,000 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,333 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Chaldean rite |
| Liturgical language |
Arabic Syriac |
| address | Eveche Chaldeen de Beyrouth, BP 373, Baabda, Brazilia, Beyrouth, Liban |
| Website | http://chaldeansoflebanon.org/ |
The Eparchy of Beirut ( lat. : Eparchia Berytensis Chaldaeorum ) is in Lebanon located eparchy of the Chaldean Catholic Church , based in Beirut .
history
With the Apostolic Constitution Etsi Taeterrima founded Pope Pius XII. on July 3, 1957, she ceded territory to the disbanded Gazireh eparchy .
Bishops of Beirut
- Gabriel Naamo (June 28, 1957 - February 12, 1964, died)
- Gabriel Ganni (February 12, 1964 - March 2, 1966, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Basra )
- Raphael I. Bidawid (March 2, 1966 - May 21, 1989, then Patriarch of Babylon)
- Michel Kassarji , since January 12, 2001