Archdiocese of Bāniyās, Lebanon (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Name: Bāniyās / Césarée de Philippe (français) / Panéas (français) / Cesarea di Filippo (Italiano) / Marjeyoun / Paneade / Cæsarien(sis) (Latin) / Paneaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tyr

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1724: Established as Diocese of Bāniyās / Césarée de Philippe (français) / Panéas (français) / Cesarea di Filippo (Italiano) / Marjeyoun / Paneade / Cæsarien(sis) (Latin) / Paneaden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Tyr)
1768: Suppressed
1886.02.25: Restored as Diocese of Bāniyās / Césarée de Philippe (français) / Panéas (français) / Cesarea di Filippo (Italiano) / Marjeyoun / Paneade / Cæsarien(sis) (Latin) / Paneaden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Tyr)
1964.11.18: Promoted as Archdiocese of Bāniyās / Césarée de Philippe (français) / Panéas (français) / Cesarea di Filippo (Italiano) / Marjeyoun / Paneade / Cæsarien(sis) (Latin) / Paneaden(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2006.10.14 – ...):

Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, M.S.P. (67)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Georges Nicolas Haddad, M.S.P. (67)
(2006.10.14 – ...)

Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Born:	1957.06.24 (Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.23

Apostolic Exarch of Argentina of the Greek-Melkites (Argentina) (2002.04.20 – 2005.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites (2002.04.20 – 2006.10.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Akka of the Greek-Melkites (Israel) (2003.03.21 – 2005.12.10)

Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (2006.10.14 – ...)

Archbishop Antoine Hayek, B.C.
(1989.07.19 – 2006.10.14)

Born:	1928.08.26 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1954.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.11
Died:	2010.05.01 († 81)

Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1989.07.19 – 2006.10.14)

Archbishop Nicolas Hajj
(1984.11.03 – 1985.09.18)

Born:	1907.06.30
Ordained Priest:	1934.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.09.09
Died:	1995.01.12 († 87)

Titular Archbishop of Damiata of the Greek-Melkites (1965.07.30 – 1984.11.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1965.07.30 – 1984.11.03)

Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1984.11.03 – 1985.09.18)

Archbishop Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C.
(1964.11.18 – 1984.11.02)

Born:	1897.09.14 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1919.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.10.07
Died:	1993.02.28 († 95)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1951.07.28 – 1964.11.18)

Archbishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1964.11.18 – 1984.11.02)

Bishops of Bāniyās (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Bishop Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. (later Archbishop)
(1951.07.28 – 1964.11.18)

(see above)

Bishop Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B.A.
(1944.07.10 – 1951.07.28)

Born:	1877.05.25 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1905.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.10.22
Died:	1963.07.04 († 86)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1944.07.10 – 1951.07.28)

Titular Bishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites (1951.08.11 – 1963.07.04)

Bishop Isidore Fattal (later Archbishop)
(1943.06.20 – 1943.08.13)

Born:	1886.10.26 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1912.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.08.01
Died:	1961.09.04 († 74)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1943.06.20 – 1943.08.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aleppo of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1943.08.13 – 1961.09.04)

Bishop Clemente Malouf, B.S.
(1901.11.24 – 1941.07.18)

Born:	1862.03.01 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1889.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.11.24
Died:	1941.07.18 († 79)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1901.11.24 – 1941.07.18)

Bishop Barakat Géraigiry [Géraijiry] (later Patriarch)
(1886.02.22 – 1898.02.24)

Born:	1841.08.18 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1862.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.02.21
Died:	1902.04.24 († 60)

Titular Bishop of Cæsarea Paneas (1886.02.22 – 1898.02.24)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1886.02.22 – 1898.02.24)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) ([1898.02.24] 1898.03.24 – 1902.04.24)

Patriarch of Alexandria of the Greek-Melkites ([1898.02.24] 1898.03.24 – 1902.04.24)

Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites ([1898.02.24] 1898.03.24 – 1902.04.24)

Bishop Maximos Sallal El Fakhoury
(1759 – 1768)

Bishop of Bāniyās of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1759 – 1768)

Bishop Basile Finan
(1724 – 1752)

Consecrated Bishop:

1724.02.02

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

Greek-Melkite Archdiocese of

Bāniyās

Lebanon , Jordan

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)