Maronite Diocese of

Latakia

Syria Syria

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Latakia (English) / Lattaquié (français) / Laodicea (Italiano) / Lattaqiya / Laodicen(us) Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cyprus (←), Aleppo (↗), Damascus (↘), Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (↓), Tripoli (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.03.14 – ...):Bishop Antoine Chbeir (65)Bishop Antoine Chbeir (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Latakia (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Antoine Chbeir (65)Bishop Antoine Chbeir (65)
(2015.03.14 – ...)

Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Born:1961.01.12 (Ghosta, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1988.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:2015.04.18

Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (2015.03.14 – ...)

Bishop Elias Khoury Sleman (74)Bishop Elias Khoury Sleman (74)
(2012.01.16 – 2015.03.14)

President of Patriarchal Appeals Tribunal of the Maronites
Bishop emeritus of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria)

Born:1951.08.16 (Hekr Semaan, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1987.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:2012.02.25

Priest of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1987.08.29 – 2012.01.16)

Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (2012.01.16 – 2015.03.14)

President of Patriarchal Appeals Tribunal of the Maronites (2015.03.14 – ...)

Bishop Youssef-Massoud Massoud
(2001.06.23 – 2011.06.05)

Born:1940.04.28 (Kafroum, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1970.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:2001.09.08
Died:2024.08.17 (Cleveland, OH, USA † 84)

Priest of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1970.08.02 – 2001.06.23)

Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (2001.06.23 – 2011.06.05)

Bishop Antoine Torbey
(1986.05.02 – 2001.06.23)

Born:1925.09.15 (Bsatine, Syria)
Ordained Priest:1951.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1986.07.12
Died:2004.08.09 († 78)

Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1986.05.02 – 2001.06.23)

Bishop Georges Abi-Saber, O.L.M.
(1977.08.04 – 1986.05.02)

Born:1923.05.12 (Wadi Sette, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1952.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1977.11.12
Died:2015.08.26 († 92)

Bishop of Latakia of the Maronites (Syria) (1977.08.04 – 1986.05.02)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1986.05.02 – 1990.11.23)

Patriarchal Vicar of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1986.05.02 – 1990.11.23)

Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada) (1990.11.23 – 1996.02.07)

Archbishop Joseph Salamé
(Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 1967.09.24 – 1977.08.04)

Archbishop François Ayoub
(Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 1954.04.16 – 1966.06.02)

Special Churches

Cyprus (←), Aleppo (↗), Damascus (↘), Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar (↓), Tripoli (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 53,620 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes

Personnel: 33 priests (31 diocesan, 2 religious), 13 religious (7 brothers, 6 sisters), 3 seminarians

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