Maronite Archdiocese of

Cyprus

Cyprus Cyprus

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Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Archdiocese Archdiocese

Name: Cyprus / Cipro / Cypren(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2021.06.19 – ...):Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir (66)Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir (66)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Cyprus (Maronite Rite)

Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir (66)Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir (66)
(2021.06.19 – ...)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus)

Born:1958.09.02 (Keserwan, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1988.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:2021.07.29

Priest of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1988.05.22 – 2021.06.19)

Patriarchal Administrator of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (2020.10 – 2021.06.19)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (2021.06.19 – ...)

Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir (66)Msgr. Selim Jean Sfeir (66) (later Archbishop)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2020.10 – 2021.06.19)

Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif (62)Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif (62)
(2008.10.29 – 2020.11.01)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)
Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

Born:1962.07.14 (Chekka, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1987.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:2008.12.06

Priest of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1987.09.03 – 2008.10.29)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (2008.10.29 – 2020.11.01)

Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites (2018.10.11 – ...)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (2020.11.01 – ...)

Archbishop Boutros Gemayel
(1988.06.11 – 2008.10.29)

Born:1932.06.29 (Ain El-KharroubΓ©, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1959.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1988.09.11
Died:2021.08.21 (Lebanon † 89)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1988.06.11 – 2008.10.29)

Archbishop Joseph Mohsen BΓ©chara
(1986.04.04 – 1988.06.11)

Born:1935.03.19 (Arbet-Kozhaya, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1963.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1986.05.18
Died:2020.06.09 († 85)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1986.04.04 – 1988.06.11)

Archbishop of AntΓ©lias of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1988.06.11 – 2012.06.16)

Archbishop Elie Farah
(1954.04.16 – 1986.04.04)

Born:1909.12.27 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1935.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:1954.09.26
Died:2003.07.22 († 93)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1954.04.16 – 1986.04.04)

Archbishop François Ayoub
(1942.11.28 – 1954.04.16)

Born:1899.07.11 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:1925.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:1943.02.14
Died:1966.06.02 († 66)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1942.11.28 – 1954.04.16)

Archbishop of Aleppo of the Maronites (Syria) (1954.04.16 – 1966.06.02)

Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1954.04.16 – 1966.06.02)

Archbishop Paul Auad
(1911.02.11 – 1941.01.30)

Born:1855.02.09 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1877.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:1896.09.24
Died:1944.06.28 († 89)

Titular Archbishop of Nazareth of the Maronites (1896.09.24 – 1911.02.11)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1911.02.11 – 1941.01.30)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon of the Syriacs (1941.01.30 – 1941.06.14)

Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (Palestine) (1941.06.14 – 1944.06.28)

Archbishop Boutros Al Zoghbi
(1906.02.11 – 1910.10.28)

Ordained Priest:1861.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:1906.02.11
Died:1910.10.28

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1906.02.11 – 1910.10.28)

Archbishop Nematalla Seluan
(1892.06.12 – 1905.09.18)

Ordained Priest:1870.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:1892.12.06
Died:1905.09.18

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1892.06.12 – 1905.09.18)

Archbishop Giuseppe Zogbi
(1883 – 1890.12.17)

Born:1838.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:1883.08.05
Died:1890.12.17 († 52)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1883 – 1890.12.17)

Archbishop Giuseppe Giagia
(1843.12.26 – 1878)

Born:1808.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:1843.12.26
Died:1882.10.10 († 73)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1843.12.26 – 1878)

Archbishop Abdullah Blibl
(1798.03.12 – 1842.03.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1798.03.12
Died:1842.03.01

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1798.03.12 – 1842.03.01)

Archbishop Philibos El Gemayel (later Patriarch)
(1786 – 1795.06.14)

Born:1740 (Lebanon)
Consecrated Bishop:1767.12
Died:1796.04.12 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1767 – 1786)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1767 – 1786)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1786 – 1795.06.14)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1795.06.14] 1796.06.27 – 1796.04.12)

Archbishop Elias El Gemayel
(? – 1786)

Died:1786

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (? – 1786)

Archbishop Toubia El Khazen (later Patriarch)
(1736 – 1755)

Consecrated Bishop:1733.02.12
Died:1766.05.29

Bishop of Nablus of the Maronites (Palestine) (1733 – 1736)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1736 – 1755)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1755 – 1756.02.28)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1756.02.28] 1757.03.28 – 1766.05.29)

Archbishop Youssef
(1682 – 1687)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1682 – 1687)

Archbishop Boutros Doumit Makhlouf
(1674 – 1707.02.04)

Consecrated Bishop:1674.07.05
Died:1707.02.04

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1674 – 1707.02.04)

Archbishop Luca di Carpasia
(1671 – 1673)

Consecrated Bishop:1671

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1671 – 1673)

Archbishop Estephan El Douaihy (later Patriarch, Blessed)
(1668.07.08 – 1670.05)

Born:1630.08.02 (Ehden, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1656.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1668.07.08
Died:1704.05.03 (Kanoubin, Lebanon † 73)
Beatified:2024.08.02 (BkerkΓ©, Lebanon)

Archbishop of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1668.07.08 – 1670.05)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1670.05] 1672.03.14 – 1704.05.03)

Patriarch.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Latakia (β†’)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,251 kmΒ²

Population: 13,465 Catholics (1.5% of 882,850 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 12 priests (10 diocesan, 2 religious), 3 deacons, 4 religious (2 brothers, 2 sisters)

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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