Maronite Diocese of

Saint Maron of Brooklyn

USA USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Maron of Brooklyn (English) / Sancti Maronis Bruklynien(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)

Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

History

Contact Info

Address: 109 Remsen St., Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA

Phone: +1 (718) 237-9913

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.01.10 – ...):Bishop Gregory John Mansour (69)Bishop Gregory John Mansour (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Gregory John Mansour (69)Bishop Gregory John Mansour (69)
(2004.01.10 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA)

No greater love

Born:1955.11.11 (Flint, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:1982.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:2004.03.02

Priest of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles of the Maronites (USA) (1982.09.18 – 2004.01.10)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA) (2004.01.10 – ...)

Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi
(1996.11.11 – 2004.01.10)

Born:1927.06.25 (Zghortha, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1955.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:1997.01.11
Died:2014.12.17 († 87)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA) (1996.11.11 – 2004.01.10)

Archbishop Francis Mansour Zayek
(1982.12.10 – 1996.11.11)

Born:1920.10.18 (Manzanillo, Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1946.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:1962.08.05
Died:2010.09.14 († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1962.05.30 – 1966.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Callinicum of the Maronites (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29)

Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Maronites (USA) (1966.01.27 – 1971.11.29)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Detroit of the Maronites (USA) (1971.11.29 – 1977.06.27)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA) (1977.06.27 – 1982.12.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (USA) (1982.12.10 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (later Archbishop)
(1977.06.27 – 1982.12.10)

(see above)

Bishops of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (later Archbishop)
(1971.11.29 – 1977.06.27)

(see above)

Apostolic Exarchs of United States of America (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (later Archbishop)
(1966.01.27 – 1971.11.29)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (45)

Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (←), Saint-Maron de Montréal (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 26,378 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes

Personnel: 79 priests (64 diocesan, 15 religious), 24 deacons, 26 religious (23 brothers, 3 sisters), 4 seminarians

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