Tradition: Antiochian Rite
Type: Patriarchal
Canonical Territory: Lebanon, Syria, the Holy Land, the rest of the Middle East and Egypt
Population: 3,389,000
Official Language: Aramaic
Patriarchal See: Antioch (Lebanon)
Synod: Synod of the Maronite Church
Saints: 7 Saints, 2 Blesseds
Jurisdictions (29): Patriarchates (1), Archdioceses (8), Dioceses (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
Congo-Brazzaville : Annunciation of Ibadan
Congo-Kinshasa : Annunciation of Ibadan
Cote d’Ivoire : Annunciation of Ibadan
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
Lebanon : Antioch, Antélias, Beirut, Tripoli, Tyr, Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar, Batroun, Jbeil, Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh, Saïdā, Zahlé
Liberia : 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
Syria : Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia
USA : Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, Saint Maron of Brooklyn
by Type | Titular Sees | Changes in Jurisdictions
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 (84) 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. (70) Titular Bishop of Sarepta of the Maronites |
Bishop of Curia (2016.06.17 – ...): | Bishop Joseph Naffah (55) 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 (65) Titular Bishop of Arca in Phœnicia of the Maronites Apostolic Administrator of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France) Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors |
Procurator at Rome (2019.06.15 – ...): | Bishop Rafic Warcha (53) Titular Bishop of Apamea in Syria of the Maronites |
Procurator at Jerusalem (2014.04 – ...): | Fr. Joseph Sfeir |
Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa (2014.01.13 – ...): | Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (66) Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria) |
Apostolic Visitator in Northern Africa (2014.01.13 – ...): | Bishop Georges Chihane (71) |
Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania (2018.10.11 – ...): | Bishop Michel Aoun (65) |
Apostolic Visitator in Greece (2018.10.11 – ...): | Archbishop Youssef Antoine Soueif (62) |
Last updated on 2025.01.01
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