Maronite Church (Catholic)

Type: Patriarchal

Canonical Territory: Lebanon, Syria, the Holy Land, the rest of the Middle East and Egypt

Population: 3,389,000

Official Language: Aramaic

Jurisdictions (29): Patriarchates (1), Archdioceses (8), Dioceses Diocese (17), Apostolic Exarchates (1), Patriarchal Exarchates (2)

Angola : Annunciation of Ibadan

Argentina : San Charbel en Buenos Aires

Australia : Saint Maron of Sydney

Benin : Annunciation of Ibadan

Brazil : Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo

Burkina Faso : Annunciation of Ibadan

Cameroon : Annunciation of Ibadan

Canada : Saint-Maron de Montréal

Central African Republic : Annunciation of Ibadan

Chad : Annunciation of Ibadan

Colombia : Colombia

Congo-Brazzaville : Annunciation of Ibadan

Congo-Kinshasa : Annunciation of Ibadan

Cote d’Ivoire : Annunciation of Ibadan

Cyprus : Cyprus

Egypt : Cairo

Equatorial Guinea : Annunciation of Ibadan

France : Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris

Gabon : Annunciation of Ibadan

Gambia : Annunciation of Ibadan

Ghana : Annunciation of Ibadan

Guinea : Annunciation of Ibadan

Guinea-Bissau : Annunciation of Ibadan

Israel : Haifa and Holy Land, Jerusalem and Palestine

Jordan : Jordan

Lebanon : Antioch, Antélias, Beirut, Tripoli, Tyr, Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar, Batroun, Jbeil, Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh, Saïdā, Zahlé

Liberia : Annunciation of Ibadan

Mali : Annunciation of Ibadan

Mauritania : Annunciation of Ibadan

Mexico : Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México

Niger : Annunciation of Ibadan

Nigeria : Annunciation of Ibadan

Palestine : Jerusalem and Palestine

Senegal : Annunciation of Ibadan

Sierra Leone : Annunciation of Ibadan

South Sudan : Cairo

Sudan : Cairo

Syria : Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia

Togo : Annunciation of Ibadan

Turkiye : Aleppo

USA : Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, Saint Maron of Brooklyn

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Religious Orders (4):

Antonin Maronite Order
Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries
Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)
Mariamite Maronite Order (Aleppians)

Patriarch ([2011.03.15] 2011.03.25 – ...):	Cardinal Béchara Pierre Raï (85) Cardinal-Patriarch President of Synod of the Maronite Church President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon President of Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East
Bishop of Curia (2011.08.13 – ...):	Bishop Hanna G. Alwan, L.M. (71) Titular Bishop of Sarepta of the Maronites
Bishop of Curia (2016.06.17 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Naffah (56) Titular Bishop of Aradus
Bishop of Curia (2019.06.15 – ...):	Bishop Antoine Aoukar, O.A.M. (60) Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites
Bishop of Curia (2019.06.15 – ...):	Bishop Peter Karam (66) Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites Apostolic Administrator of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France)
Bishop of Curia (2025.06.14 – ...):	Bishop Rafic El Warcha (54) Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites Auxiliary Bishop of Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh of the Maronites (Lebanon)
Procurator at Jerusalem (2014.04 – ...):	Fr. Joseph Sfeir
Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa (2014.01.13 – ...):	Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (67) Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)
Apostolic Visitator in Northern Africa (2014.01.13 – ...):	Bishop Georges Chihane (72) Bishop of Cairo of the Maronites (Egypt)
Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania (2018.10.11 – ...):	Bishop Michel Aoun (66) Bishop of Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon)
Apostolic Visitator in Greece (2018.10.11 – ...):	Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif (63) Archbishop of Tripoli of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Patriarch (1): Raï (Cardinal)

Archbishops (13)

Bishops (31)

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Maronite Church

Eastern-Rite sui juris Catholic Church