Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon in Los Angeles
| Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon in Los Angeles | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Maronite Church |
| Country | United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Abdallah Elias Zaidan ML |
| founding | 1994 |
| Parishes | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 27,500 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 35 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 573 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| Liturgical language | Syrian |
| cathedral | St. Peter Cathedral in Los Angeles |
| Co-cathedral | St. Raymond's Co-Cathedral in St. Louis |
| Website | www.eparchy.org |
The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon in Los Angeles ( lat. : Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum ) is in the United States located eparchy of the Maronite Church , based in Los Angeles .
history
The eparchy was established on February 19, 1994 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Omnium Catholicorum from cessions of territory of the Eparchy Saint Maron in Brooklyn .
Bishops of the Our Lady of Lebanon Eparchy in Los Angeles
- John George Chedid , 1994-2000
- Robert Joseph Shaheen , 2000-2013
- Abdallah Elias Zaidan ML , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Entry on Eparchy Our Lady of Lebanon in Los Angeles on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Omnium Catholicorum , AAS 86 (1994), n.7, p. 551f.
