Greek-Melkite Archdiocese of

Tripoli

Lebanon Lebanon

Map

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Type: Archdiocese Archdiocese

Name: Tripoli / Tripoli del Libano (Italiano) / Tarabulus / Tripolitan(us) Graæcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tyr

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2013.07.09 – ...):Archbishop Eduard Georges Daher, B.C. (51)Archbishop Eduard Georges Daher, B.C. (51)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Archbishop Eduard Georges Daher, B.C. (51)Archbishop Eduard Georges Daher, B.C. (51)
(2013.07.09 – ...)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon)

Born:1973.04.23 (Quaa, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1999.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:2013.09.07

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (2013.07.09 – ...)

Archbishop George Riashi, B.C.
(1995.07.28 – 2010.03.03)

Born:1933.11.25 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1965.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1987.07.19
Died:2012.10.28 († 78)

Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia) (1987.03.26 – 1995.07.28)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1995.07.28 – 2010.03.03)

Archbishop Élias Nijmé, B.A.
(1978.02.07 – 1995.07.28)

Born:1920.08.16 (Syria)
Ordained Priest:1944.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1971.09.05
Died:1998.11.06 († 78)

Titular Archbishop of Palmyra of the Greek-Melkites (1971.08.16 – 1978.02.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) (1971.08.16 – 1978.02.07)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1978.02.07 – 1995.07.28)

Archbishop Augustin Farah
(1964.11.18 – 1977.08.25)

Born:1910.05.04
Ordained Priest:1937.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1961.06.18
Died:1983.03.31 († 72)

Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([1961.03.07] 1961.04.28 – 1964.11.18)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1964.11.18 – 1977.08.25)

Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1977.08.25 – 1983.03.31)

Bishops of Tripoli (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Bishop Augustin Farah (later Archbishop)
(1961.04.28 – 1964.11.18)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Kallas
(1923.05.23 – 1960.12.09)

Born:1877.03.17
Ordained Priest:1903.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:1923.03.04
Died:1960.12.09 († 83)

Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) ([1923.04.04] 1923.05.23 – 1960.12.09)

Bishop Joseph Doumani, B.S.
(1897.03.21 – 1922.12.04)

Born:1849.01.01 (Syria)
Consecrated Bishop:1897.03.21
Died:1922.12.04 († 73)

Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1897.03.21 – 1922.12.04)

Bishop Basilios Moussaye
(1880 – ?)

Consecrated Bishop:1880.12.18

Bishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1880 – ?)

Special Churches

Latakia (↑), Homs (↗), Baalbek (↘), Beirut–Gibail (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 11,400 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 12 priests (diocesan), 2 religious (2 sisters)

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.11.26

© 2024 GCatholic.org

Up