Eparchy Jbeil
Eparchy Jbeil | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Maronite Church |
Country | Lebanon |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
Diocesan bishop | Michel Aoun |
Parishes | 88 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 250,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Diocesan priest | 60 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 40 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,500 |
Friars | 45 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 45 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Antiochian rite |
Liturgical language | Syrian |
Website | www.jbeileparchy.org |
The eparchy Jbeil ( lat. : Eparchia Bybliensis Maronitarum ) is in Lebanon located eparchy of the Maronite Church , based in Jbeil .
history
The Jbeil Eparchy was established on June 9, 1990 by Pope John Paul II .
Bishops of the Eparchy Jbeil
- Béchara Raï OMM , 1990–2011, then Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
- Michel Aoun , since 2012