Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Baniyas (in Latin: Archeparchy Caesariensis or Paneadensis) is a diocese of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. In 2009 there were 2,500 baptized. It is currently governed by Archeparch
Georges Nicholas Haddad, SMSP. The Archeparchy is named after the city of
Baniyas.
Territory and statistics
The archeparchy includes the southeastern part of Lebanon. The archeparchial seat is the town of Marjayoun with its Saint Peter's Cathedral, built in 1892 and restored in 1968 after a fire. The archeparchy had 11 parishes at the end of 2012.
History
Ancient seat is dating from the fourth century, and was restored as eparchy on February 25, 1886. On November 18, 1964, it was elevated to the rank of archeparchy.
Bishops
* Basile Finan (1724 - 1752)
* Maximos Sallal El Fakhoury (1759 - 1768)
* Headquarters suppressed (1768-1886)
*
Barakat Geraigiry (February 22, 1886 - March 24, 1898 confirmed the Patriarch of Antioch of the Melkites)
* Clemente Malouf, B.S. (November 24, 1901 - 1941 deceased)
*
Isidore Fattal
Isidore Fattal (born 26 October 1886 in Aleppo, Syria – died on 4 September 1961 in Aleppo) was a bishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Lebanon and Syria.
Life
On July 20, 1912, Isidore Fattal received the ordination to the priesthood ...
(June 20, 1943 - August 13, 1943 appointed Archbishop of Aleppo)
* Basilio Antonio Leone Kilzi, B. A. (July 10, 1944 - August 11, 1951 resigned)
Archbishops
* Athanase Ach-Chaer, B.C. (July 28, 1951 - November 2, 1984 withdrawn)
*
Nicolas Hajj, S.D.S. (November 3, 1984 - September 18, 1985 resigned)
*
Habib Bacha (1985-1987) (Patriarchal Administrator)
*
Joseph Raya
Joseph Raya ( ar, يوسف رايا) (15 August 1916 – 10 June 2005) was a Lebanese-born Melkite Catholic archbishop, theologian, civil rights advocate.
He served as metropolitan of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee from 1968 until 1974 a ...
(1987-1989) (Patriarchal Administrator)
*
Antoine Hayek, B.C. (July 19, 1989 - October 17, 2006 withdrawn)
*
Georges Nicholas Haddad, SMSP, (since October 17, 2006)
Sources
* Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, .
External links
Archeparchy of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek)at catholic-hierarchy.org
at GCatholic.org
Melkite – Greek Catholic Patriarchate (Lebanon)at pgc-lb.org
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Baniyas
Melkite Greek Catholic eparchies
Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Lebanon