Eparchy Beirut (Syrians)
| Eparchy Beirut (Syrians) | |
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| Basic data | |
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| 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 .