Country Lebanon Parishes 93 | Population
- Catholics (as of 2012)
249,971 Sui iuris church Maronite Church | |
Ecclesiastical province Immediately Subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Rite West Syro-Antiochene Rite | ||
The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias (informally Antelias of the Maronites) (in Latin: Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite (Antiochian Rite, Arabic), non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) in northern Lebanon.
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It is currently ruled by Archeparch Camille Zaidan.
Territory and statistics
It is immediately dependent on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Elias Cathedral in Antelias, 5 km north of Beirut, in the Matn District, Lebanon, that is its jurisdiction.
The territory is divided into 93 parishes and in 2012 there were 249,971 Lebanese Maronite Catholic members.
History
It was established on 11 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II on territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.