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Roman Rite (1): Beirut

Armenian Church (2): Beirut, Cilicia

Chaldean Church (1): Beirut

Greek-Melkite Church (7): Baalbek, Bāniyās, Beirut–Gibail, Saïdā, Tripoli, Tyr, Zahleh–Furzol

Maronite Church (11): Antélias, Antioch, Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar, Batroun, Beirut, Jbeil, Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh, Saïdā, Tripoli, Tyr, Zahlé

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Saints: 22 Saints, 7 Blesseds

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Beirut

Area: 10,230 km²

Population: 6,229,794

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Cyprus , → Syria , ↓ Israel

Religions: Muslim 54% (27% Sunni, 27% Shia), Christian 40.5% (includes 21% Maronite Catholic, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Greek Catholic, 6.5% other Christian), Druze 5.6%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, and Mormons

Languages: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian

Ethnic Groups: Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%

Area: 10,400 km²

Catholic Population: 1,987,000 Catholics (44.8% of 4,434,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,120 parishes, 48 other centres

Clergy: 48 bishops (20 diocesan, 28 titular), 1,567 priests (925 diocesan, 642 religious), 43 permanent deacons (41 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,970 religious (130 brothers, 1,840 sisters), 4 members of secular institutes (sisters), 263 major seminarians, 2,382 missionaries, 463 catechists