Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Byblos (in Latin: Eparchia Bybliensis Maronitarum) is an

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of the

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immediately subject to the

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. In 2013 there were 160,000 baptized. It is currently governed by Eparch

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Territory

The eparchy includes the

Byblos District Byblos District ( ar, قضاء جبيل; transliteration: ''Qadaa' Jbeil''), also called the Jbeil District (''Jbeil'' is Lebanese Arabic for "Byblos"; standard Arabic ''Jubail''), is a district ('' qadaa'') of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of L ...

in Lebanon. Its eparchial seat is the city of

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 880 ...

, where is located the Saint John Mark Cathedral. The territory is divided into 68 parishes and in 2013 there were 160,000 Maronite Catholics.

History

The eparchy of Byblos was erected on June 12, 1673, and its canonical erection was confirmed in the Maronite Synod of Mount Lebanon in 1736. In 1768 it was united to Eparchy of

Batroun Batroun ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرُون '; Syriac script: ܒܬܪܘܢ ') is a coastal city in northern Lebanon and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the capital city of Batroun District. Etymology The name ''Bat ...

. In 1848 the seat of the Eparchy Byblos-Batroun became the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch's seat. On June 9, 1990, it was separated from Batroun and assumed its present name.

Eparchs

* Joseph (mentioned on 12 June 1673) * John Abacuch (mentioned in 1694) * Joseph (mentioned on 5 October 1699) * Philip (mentioned in 1736) - Seat of the Patriarch (1848-1990) *

Bechara Boutros al-Rahi Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; syr, ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; ar, بشارة بطرس الراعي, Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; la, Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patri ...

, OMM (June 9, 1990 - March 15, 2011 confirmed

) *

, (since June 16, 2012)

Sources

* Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, .

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djbma.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jbei0.htm {{Maronite Church Maronite Catholic eparchies Maronite Church in Lebanon

Territory

History

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