The St. Maron's Cathedral ( es, Catedral de San Marón) also called Maronite Catholic Cathedral of Buenos Aires is a religious building of the

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(

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) located at 834 Paraguay Street, in the

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. Not to be confused with the metropolitan cathedral of Latin rite of the

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, the cathedral of the military bishopric also of Latin rite or the Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Narek, all in the city of

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. In its beginnings, in 1905, the temple was a

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next to a school. Its current building was inaugurated in 2001. The congregation follows the

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or Antiochian liturgical tradition and is the seat of the Maronite Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires (''Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum'') that was established by

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in October 1990. At the moment its seat is vacant because it does not have a bishop. Its apostolic administrator is the priest

Habib Chamieh Habib Chamieh, OMM (born 7 October 1966) is Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires. Biography Habib Chamieh was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on 7 October 1966. He joined the OMM and on 7 September 1991 made his perpet ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:St. Maron's Cathedral, Church Eastern Catholic cathedrals in Argentina Cathedrals in Buenos Aires Maronite cathedrals

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