Maronite Diocese of

Batroun

Lebanon

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Batroun / Batrun / Botryen(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tripoli (↑), Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh (↗), Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (→), Jbeil (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1690: Established as Diocese of Batroun / Batrun / Botryen(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)
1768: Renamed as Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil / Botryen(sis)–Byblien(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jbeil)
1840: Lost territory to Archdiocese of Tripoli
1990.06.09: Suppressed (to Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba and to establish Diocese of Jbeil)
1999.06.05: Restored as Diocese of Batroun / Batrun / Botryen(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (from Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba and without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.01.16 – ...):

Bishop Mounir Khairallah (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Batroun (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Mounir Khairallah (73)
(2012.01.16 – ...)

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Born:	1953.01.02 (Mtah-Ezziat, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1977.09.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.02.25

Priest of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1977.09.13 – 2012.01.16)

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (2012.01.16 – ...)

Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé
(1999.06.05 – 2011.06.05)

Born:	1933.07.09 (Ehden, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1958.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.12
Died:	2022.09.21 (Zgharta, Lebanon † 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1986.05.02 – 1987)

Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites (1986.05.02 – 1999.06.05)

Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1987 – 1995)

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1999.06.05 – 2011.06.05)

Bishops of Batroun–Jbeil (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Germain Thabet
(1823? – ?)

Bishop of Batroun–Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1823? – ?)

Bishop Paul Étienne
(1795? – 1809?)

Bishop of Batroun–Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1795? – 1809?)

Bishops of Batroun (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Étienne El Douaihy
(1728 – 1746?)

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1728 – 1746?)

Bishop Jean Abacuc
(1691 – ?)

Consecrated Bishop:

1691

Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1691 – ?)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Batroun, North Lebanon

Tripoli (↑), Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh (↗), Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (→), Jbeil (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 67,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (34 diocesan, 14 religious), 76 religious (40 brothers, 36 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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