Archeparchy of Tire (Maronites)
| Archeparchy of Tire (Maronites) | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Maronite Church |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage |
| Parishes | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 2,796,714 ( 1970 ) |
| Catholics | 42,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 1.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,909 |
| Friars | 9 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 39 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Antiochian rite |
| Liturgical language | Syrian |
The archeparchy Tyros ( lat. : Archieparchia Tyrensis Maronitarum ) is in Lebanon located archeparchy the Maronite Church with headquarters in Tire .
history
The Archparchy of Tire was established in 1838 as the Eparchy of Tire . The Tire eparchy was elevated to an archeparchy in 1965.
Ordinaries
Bishops of the Tire eparchy
- Pietro Bostani , 1856–…
- Checrallah Khouri CML , 1906-1934
- Pierre-Paul Méouchi , 1934–1955, then Patriarch of Antioch
- Michael Doumith , 1956–1959, then Bishop of Sarba
- Joseph Khoury , 1959-1965
Archbishops of the Archeparchy of Tire
- Joseph Khoury, 1965-1992
- Maroun Khoury Sader , 1992-2003
- Chucrallah-Nabil El-Hage , since 2003
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)