Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia

Maronite Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia

Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (Maronite)

Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae

Location
Country|  Colombia
Metropolitan| Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Headquarters| Lebanon
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Maronite Church
Rite| West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established| 20 January 2016
Cathedral| Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Patriarch| Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Apostolic Exarch| Fadi Abou Chebel
Website
http://exarcadomaronitacolombia.org/

Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia (in Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Columbiae) is the Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction) of the Maronite Church for all Colombia, in South America.

Its exarchial episcopal see is the pro-Cathedral of Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon, in Colombian capital Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. The exarchate's current ordinary is Apostolic Exarch Fadi Abou Chebel.

## History

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The Maronite Apostolic Exarchate was erected by Pope Francis on 20 January 2016, [1] Its first Apostolic Exarch, without episcopal character, is Fadi Abou Chebel, OMM, also appointed apostolic visitor of the Maronite faithful living in Peru and Ecuador.[2]

## Ordinaries

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Apostolic Exarchs

* Fadi Abou Chebel, Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.) (20 January 2016 - ...)

## References

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1. ^ press.vatican.va
2. ^ cec.org.co

## Sources and external links

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* Catholic Hierarchy
* GCatholic

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Patriarch|

* List of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch
* Bkerké
* Dimane
* Bechara Boutros al-Rahi

Eparchies|

* Archeparchy of Beirut
* Archeparchy of Antelias
* Archeparchy of Tripoli
* Archeparchy of Tyre
* Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar
* Eparchy of Batroun
* Eparchy of Byblos
* Eparchy of Sidon
* Eparchy of Zahleh
* Archeparchy of Damascus
* Archeparchy of Aleppo
* Eparchy of Latakia
* Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan
* Eparchy of Cairo
* Archeparchy of Cyprus
* Eparchy of the Annunciation, Ibadan
* Apostolic Exarchate of Colombia
* Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris
* Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal
* Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
* Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
* Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico
* Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney
* Eparchy of Saint Charbel in Buenos Aires
* Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo

Churches|

* Cathedrals:
* St George Cathedral, Beirut
* Cathedral of Saint Elijah, Aleppo
* St. Louis the King Cathedral, Haifa
* Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Brooklyn)
* Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral (Los Angeles)
* St. Raymond Cathedral (St. Louis)
* Our Lady of Lebanon Procathedral, Bogotá
* St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires
* Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral, Ibadan
* Valvanera Cathedral, Mexico City
* Our Lady of Grace Cathedral (Nicosia)
* Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (Paris)
* Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, São Paulo
* St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney

* Churches:
* Church of Saidet et Tallé
* Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
* St. Ann's Church, Albany
* St. Sharbel Church, Portland
* Our Lady of Lebanon, Montevideo

* Shrines:
* Our Lady of Lebanon
* Our Lady of Bekaa
* Our Lady of Bechouat
* Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (North Jackson, Ohio)

* Monasteries:
* Monastery of Saint Maron
* Monastery of Qozhaya
* Mar Sarkis, Ehden
* Monastery of the Holy Saviour, Kreim
* Maronite Convent, Jerusalem

Religious institutes|

* Lebanese Maronite Order
* Antonin Maronite Order
* Mariamite Maronite Order
* Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries

Saints|

* Maron
* 350 Maronite Martyrs
* John Maron
* Abraham of Cyrrhus
* Domnina of Syria
* Chayna
* Nimatullah Kassab
* Charbel Makhlouf
* Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
* Bl. Istifan al-Duwayhi
* Bl. Elias Peter Hoayek

Traditions|

* Three Sundays of Commemoration

See also|

* Lebanese Maronite Christians
* Cross of All Nations
* Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Notre Dame des Secours

* Catholic Church portal

Portals:

* Catholicism
* Christianity
* Colombia
* Lebanon

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