Archdiocese of Baalbek, Lebanon (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Baalbek / Ba’lbek / Eliopoli / Heliopolitan(us) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1701: Established as Diocese of Baalbek / Ba’lbek / Eliopoli / Heliopolitan(us) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1964.11.18: Promoted as Archdiocese of Baalbek / Ba’lbek / Eliopoli / Heliopolitan(us) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2004.06.28 – ...):

Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, M.S.P. (82)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Elias Youssef Rahal, M.S.P. (82)
(2004.06.28 – ...)

Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Born:	1942.04.14 (Ras Baalbeck, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.07.25

Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (2004.06.28 – ...)

Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, M.S.P. (86)
(1988.10.25 – 2004.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Born:	1939.01.26 (Aïn-Bourday, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.11.27

Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1988.10.25 – 2004.06.22)

Archbishop-Bishop of Newton of the Greek-Melkites (USA) (2004.06.22 – 2011.06.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (2011.06.15 – 2018.11.09)

Archbishop Elias Zoghbi
(1968.09.09 – 1988.10.24)

Born:	1912.01.09 (Egypt)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.11.21
Died:	2008.01.17 († 96)

Titular Archbishop of Nubia (1954.09.02 – 1968.09.09)

Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt and Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt) (1954.09.02 – 1968.09.09)

Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1968.09.09 – 1988.10.24)

Archbishop Joseph Malouf, M.S.P.
(1964.11.18 – 1968.03.05)

Born:	1893.12.06
Ordained Priest:	1925.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.10.26
Died:	1968.03.05 († 74)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([1937.10.05] 1937.10.26 – 1964.11.18)

Archbishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1964.11.18 – 1968.03.05)

Bishops of Baalbek (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Bishop Joseph Malouf, M.S.P. (later Archbishop)
(1937.10.26 – 1964.11.18)

(see above)

Bishop Melezio Abou-Assaleh
(1922.12.11 – 1937.06.27)

Born:	1880.11.08 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1906
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.06.05
Died:	1937.06.27 († 56)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([1922.06.05] 1922.12.11 – 1937.06.27)

Bishop Agapitos Malouf
(1896.03.29 – 1922.02.12)

Born:	1847.05.04 (Lebanon)
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.03.29
Died:	1922.02.12 († 74)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1896.03.29 – 1922.02.12)

Bishop Germanos Mouaqqad, M.S.P. (later Archbishop)
(1886 – 1894)

Born:	1850.01.03 (Damascus, Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.03.14
Died:	1912.02.11 († 62)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1886 – 1894)

Titular Archbishop of Laodicea of the Maronites (1894.12.02 – 1912.02.11)

Founder of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul (1903.08.15)

Superior General of Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul (1903.08.15 – 1912.02.11)

Bishop Basilio Nasser
(1869.10.07 – 1885.09.26)

Born:	1839.08.06 (Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:	1869.10.17
Died:	1885.09.26 († 46)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1869.10.07 – 1885.09.26)

Bishop Mélèce Fendé
(1851 – 1869)

Consecrated Bishop:	1838.02.02
Died:	1869

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1851 – 1869)

Bishop Athanase Obeid
(1827 – 1850)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1827 – 1850)

Bishop Clément Moutran
(1810 – 1827.07.03)

Consecrated Bishop:	1810
Died:	1827.07.03

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1810 – 1827.07.03)

Bishop Benedictos Turkmani
(1785 – 1808)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1785 – 1808)

Bishop Philippe Qassir
(1761 – 1777)

Consecrated Bishop:	1761.09
Died:	1777.07.24

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1761 – 1777)

Bishop Basile Bitar
(1754 – 1761)

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1754 – 1761)

Bishop Makarios Baniyassi
(1724 – 1752)

Consecrated Bishop:

1724

Bishop of Baalbek of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1724 – 1752)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Barbara Greek-Melkite Cathedral, Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel

Zahleh–Furzol (↙), Beirut–Gibail (←), Tripoli (↖), Homs (↗), Damascus (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 21,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 15 priests (14 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 deacon, 42 religious (1 brother, 41 sisters)

Greek-Melkite Archdiocese of

Baalbek

Lebanon

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)