Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Beirut

Eparchy of Beirut
Eparchy of Beirut
	Beirut patriarchate building
Location
Country	Lebanon
Coordinates	33°52′41″N 35°31′01″E / 33.877972°N 35.516944°E
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syriac Catholic Church
Rite	West Syriac Rite
Established	1819
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Ignatius Joseph III Yonan

The Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Lebanon. The Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch's cathedra is found in the eparchy in the episcopal see 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 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 (1887.10.02 – 1890.09.20); later Archeparch (Archbishop) of Aleppo of the Syriacs (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 ([1898.10.09] 1898.11.28 – death 1929.05.07)
Apostolic Administrator Théophile Georges Kassab (2008.02.02 – 2009.01.20), while Metropolitan Archeparch of Homs of the Syriacs (Syria) ([1999.05.08] 1999.12.18 – 2013.10.22)

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Patriarchs	Ignatius Andrew Akijan (1662–1677/1678) Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin (1678–1701/1702) Isaac Basilios Joubeir (1703–1704) (elected, not ordained) Ignatius Michael III Jarweh (1782–1800) Ignatius Michael IV Daher (1802–1810) Ignatius Simon II Hindi Zora (1814–1818) Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1820–1851) Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1852/1853–1864) Ignatius Philip I Arkus (1866–1874) Ignatius George V Shelhot (1874–1891) Ignatius Behnam II Benni (1893–1897) Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani (1898–1929) Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1929–1968) Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (1968–1998) Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1998–2001) Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (2001–2008) Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (2009–present)
Eparchies	Eparchy of Beirut Archeparchy of Damascus Archeparchy of Homs Archeparchy of Aleppo Archeparchy of Al-Hasakah-Nisibis Archeparchy of Mosul Archeparchy of Baghdad Eparchy of Cairo Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey Patriarchal Dependency of Sudan and South Sudan Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States Apostolic Exarchate of Canada Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela
Churches	Cathedral of Saint Paul, Damascus Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Aleppo Mar Assia al-Hakim Church Al-Tahera Church, Mosul Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral, Baghdad Church of Saint Thomas, Jerusalem St. Joseph Cathedral, Bayonne St. Toma Cathedral, Farmington Hills Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Maracay
Monasteries	Mar Behnam Monastery Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian Monastery of St. Elian
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Episcopal ordinaries

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