Country Lebanon Sui iuris church Maronite | Parishes 149 | |
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Metropolitan Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Population
- Catholics (as of 2013)
396,250 (n/a%) Rite West Syro-Antiochene Rite | ||
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh (in Latin: Eparchia Ioubbensis, Sarbensis et Iuniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2013 there were 396,250 baptized. It is currently governed by the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM.
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Territory and statistics
The eparchy extends its jurisdiction over the Maronite faithful living in the north-central part of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, in Lebanon. Its eparchial seat is the city of Jounieh.
The territory is divided into 149 parishes and in 2013 there were 396,250 Maronite Catholics.
History
The Eparchy of Sarba was erected on December 11, 1959 with the bull Orientalis Ecclesiae of Pope John XXIII, with territory taken of the Eparchy of Damascus (today archeparchy). The Eparchy of Jounieh was erected on August 4, 1977.
The eparchy of Joubbé was erected on May 2, 1986. On June 9, 1990 the eparchies of Joubbé and Sarba were united, together with Batroun.
On June 5, 1999 the eparchies of Joubbé and Sarba were united to the Eparchy of Jounieh, while Batroun again became an independent ecclesiastical district.
The eparchy is the home of its patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, which governs the three dioceses by three patriarchal vicars.
Center of Pilgrimage
Harissa, that has a statue of the Our Lady of Lebanon, is a center of pilgrimage for the faithful of the Maronite Church.