Maronite Diocese of

Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris

France

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (français) / Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris (English) / Nostra Signora del Libano di Parigi (Italiano) / Dominæ Nostræ Libanen(sis) Parisien(sis) (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

History

2012.07.21: Established as Diocese of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (français) / Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris (English) / Nostra Signora del Libano di Parigi (Italiano) / Dominæ Nostræ Libanen(sis) Parisien(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2024.05.29 – ...):

Bishop Peter Karam (66)

Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites

Bishop of Curia of the Maronites

Ordinaries

Bishops of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Peter Karam (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.05.29 – ...)

Bishop Peter Karam (66)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2022.11.09 – 2024.05.29)

Bishop Maroun-Nasser Gemayel (75)
(2012.07.21 – 2024.05.29)

Bishop emeritus of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France)
former Apostolic Visitator in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites

Authenticité et mission

Born:	1951.01.06 (Aïn-Kharroubé, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1981.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.30

Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1981.08.30 – 2012.07.21)

Bishop of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France) (2012.07.21 – 2024.05.29)

Apostolic Visitator in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites (2012.07.21 – 2024.05.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 52,200 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (diocesan), 1 religious (1 sister)

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.18

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