Diocese of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸 (Maronite Rite)

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Name: Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles / Dominæ Nostræ Libanen(sis) in civititæ Angelorum in California Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint-Maron de Montréal (↑), Saint Maron of Brooklyn (→), Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1994.02.19: Established as Diocese of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles / Dominæ Nostræ Libanen(sis) in civititæ Angelorum in California Maronitarum (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint Maron of Brooklyn and without ecclesiastical province)

Contact Info

Address: 1021 South Tenth St., St. Louis, MO 63104, USA

Phone: +1 (314) 231-1021

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.07.10 – ...):

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, L.M. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, L.M. (63)
(2013.07.10 – ...)

Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA)

Thy will be done

Born:	1963.03.10 (Qusayba-Metn, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.28

Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (2013.07.10 – ...)

Bishop Robert Joseph Shaheen
(2000.12.05 – 2013.07.10)

Born:	1937.06.03 (Danbury, CT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.02.15
Died:	2017.08.09 (St. Louis, MO, USA † 80)

Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (1964.05.02 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (2000.12.05 – 2013.07.10)

Bishop John George Chedid
(1994.02.19 – 2000.11.20)

Born:	1923.07.04 (Eddé, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.01.25
Died:	2012.03.21 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Callinicum of the Maronites (1980.10.13 – 1994.02.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA) (1980.10.13 – 1994.02.19)

Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (1994.02.19 – 2000.11.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Mount Lebanon–St. Peter Cathedral, Los Angeles, California
Co-Cathedral: St. Raymond’s Co-Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri
Former Cathedral: St. Maron Maronite Church, Detroit, Michigan
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, North Jackson, Ohio
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (40)

Saint-Maron de Montréal (↑), Saint Maron of Brooklyn (→), Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 47,550 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 64 priests (42 diocesan, 22 religious), 24 deacons, 37 religious (30 brothers, 7 sisters), 14 seminarians

Maronite Diocese of

Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles