Titular diocese of Sarepta dei Maroniti

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Sarepta dei Maroniti is a titular bishopric that is given by the Pope to titular bishops from the Maronite Church united with Rome .

It goes back to an earlier bishopric in the ancient Phoenician city of Sarepta (now Sarafand in northern Lebanon ).

Titular Bishops of Sarepta dei Maroniti
No. Surname Office from to
1 Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal Auxiliary Bishop in Tiruvalla ( India ) December 31, 1953 January 27, 1955
2 Émile oath Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch ( Lebanon ) December 20, 1982 November 30, 2009
3 Hanna Alwan CML Curia Bishop in the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch (Lebanon) August 13, 2011

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