The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut is a
Syriac Catholic Church
The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Christianity ...
ecclesiastical territory or
eparchy of the
Catholic Church in
Lebanon. The
Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch's
cathedra
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is found in the eparchy in the
episcopal see
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Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
of
Beirut, the capital of
Lebanon.
History
It was established in 1819. Generally, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch will administer the Eparchy of Beirut as its
ordinary
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and sole episcopal officer, but he may also appoint a proper eparch.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the eparchy in September 2012.
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Incomplete list''
;''Eparchs (Bishops) of Beirut
* Efrem Rahmani (1890.09.20 – 1894.05.01), formerly
Titular Archbishop of
Edessa in Osrhoëne of the Syriacs
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(1887.10.02 – 1890.09.20); later Archeparch (Archbishop) of
Aleppo of the Syriacs
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(Syria) (1894.05.01 – 1898.10.09), Eparch (Bishop) of Mardin and Amida of the Syriacs (Turkey) (1898.10.09 – 1929.05.07),
Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) as
Ignace Dionisio Efrem II Rahmani
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(
898.10.091898.11.28 – death 1929.05.07)
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Apostolic Administrator Théophile Georges Kassab (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20), while Metropolitan Archeparch of
Homs of the Syriacs
The Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Homs(-Hama-Nabk) is a nominally Metropolitan Archeparchy ( Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Syriac Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Antiochian Rite in Syriac language) in Syria. It has no suffragans. Its seat i ...
(Syria) (
999.05.081999.12.18 – 2013.10.22)
See also
*
Syrian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Lebanon {{Short description, Former Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Lebanon
The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Lebanon was a short-lived 20th-century jurisdiction of the Eastern Catholic Syriac Catholic Church (Antiochian Rite in Syria ...
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