Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos

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The Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos is an metropolitan eparchy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Located in Lebanon, it includes the cities of Beirut and Byblos (Jbeil), and in terms of population, it is the largest Melkite eparchy in the Middle East. Its current Eparch, Cyril Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P., was elected in 2011.^[1]

Territory

The territory of the archeparchy includes Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and its environs; much of Mount Lebanon governorate (to the north Antelias, Jounieh, and Jbail; to the east Baabda, Broumana, and Bikfaya) and south to part of Chouf District.^[2]

History

The Archeparchy was erected in 1736 when the Patriarchate of Antioch was divided into Orthodox and Catholic branches. Its current title stems from 1881.^[3]

List of bishops

1. 1736-1761 Athanasius Dahan
2. 1763-1777 Basil Jalghaf
3. 1778-1812 Ignatius Sarrouf
4. 1814-1822 Theodosius Badra, O.B.C.
5. 1822-1828 Ignatius Dahan
6. 1828-1878 Agapios Riashi
7. 1881-1904 Meletios Fakak
8. 1905-1919 Athanasius Sawaya, B.S.
9. 1921-1933 Basil Cattan
10. 1933-1948 Maximos Sayegh, S.M.S.P.
11. 1948-1967 Philippe Nabaa
12. 1968-1975 Gregoire Haddad
13. 1975-1999 Habib Bash, S.M.S.P.
14. 2000-2010 Joseph Kallas, S.M.S.P.
15. 2011- Cyril Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P.

Statistics

The archeparchy has an estimated population of 200,000 Melkite faithful. It includes 148 priests, 120 men religious, 149 women religious, and 121 parishes.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ "Lebanon's new Melkite leader brings experience working with Muslims". Catholic News Service (via Catholic Sentinel newspaper). July 15, 2011. http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=15608. 
2. ^ "Eparchies & Orders". Greek Catholic Patriarchate. http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Church3.shtml#Beirut. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Beirut and Jbeil (Archdiocese)". catholic-hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbgme.html.  Statistical data from the Annuario Pontificio 2010.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry on the Archeparchy of Beirut