Diocese of Beirut, Lebanon (Syriac Rite)

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese , Proper eparchy of the Syriac Patriarch

Name: Beirut / Beyrouth (français) / Bairut / Beryten(sis) Syrorum (Latin)

Governed by: Patriarchal See of Antioch

Ecclesiastical Province: Antioch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1817: Established as Diocese of Beirut / Beyrouth (français) / Bairut / Beryten(sis) Syrorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Antioch)

Papal Visits

Pope Benedict XVI (2012.09)

Present Prelates

Patriarch ([2009.01.20] 2009.01.22 – ...):

Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan (80)

President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

Ordinaries

Bishops of Beirut (Syriac Rite)

Archbishop Théophile Georges Kassab
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20)

Archbishop Efrem Rahmani (later Patriarch)
(1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01)

Born:	1848.10.09 (Iraq)
Ordained Priest:	1873.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.10.02
Died:	1929.05.07 († 80)

Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Syriacs (1887.10.02 – 1890.09.20)

Archbishop-Bishop of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Syriacs (Syria) (1894.05.01 – 1898.10.09)

Bishop of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkiye) (1898.10.09 – 1929.05.07)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1898.10.09] 1898.11.28 – 1929.05.07)

Bishop Youssef Hayek
(1841.03.19 – 1866)

Consecrated Bishop:	1841.03.19
Died:	1866

Bishop of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1841.03.19 – 1866)

Patriarch Ignace Pierre VII Jaroûë (Pierre Jaroûë)
(1828.01.28 – 1841)

Born:	1777.07.09 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:	1802.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1810.09.14
Died:	1851.10.16 († 74)

Archbishop of Jerusalem of the Syriacs (Israel) (1810 – 1820.02.25)

Bishop of Beirut of the Syriacs (Lebanon) (1828.01.28 – 1841)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) ([1820.02.25] 1828.01.28 – 1851.10.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. George, Beirut, Beirut

Homs (↗), Damascus (→), Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) (↓)

Statistics (2017.12.31)

Population: 32,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 6 parishes

Personnel: 13 priests (11 diocesan, 2 religious), 6 deacons, 17 religious (7 brothers, 10 sisters), 2 seminarians

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