Eparchy Beirut (Syrians)

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Eparchy Beirut (Syrians)
Map of Eparchy Beirut (Syrians)
Basic data
Rite church Syrian Catholic Church
Country Lebanon
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
surface 10,452 km²
Parishes 3 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Residents 3,971,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Catholics 14,700 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 )
proportion of 0.4%
Diocesan priest 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 )
Religious priest 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Catholics per priest 1,131
Friars 5 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
Religious sisters 7 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 )
rite Antiochian rite
Liturgical language Arabic
Syriac
cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Annunciation
address Patrarcat Syrien Catholique, Rue de Damas, BP 116-5087, 1106-2010 Beyrouth, Liban

The Eparchy of Beirut ( lat. : Eparchia Berytensis Chaldaeorum ) is in Lebanon located eparchy of the Syrian Catholic Church , based in Beirut .

The eparchy was founded in 1817 and received territories in 1957 from the dissolved Gazireh eparchy .

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