Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon

Eastern Catholic eparchy in Lebanon

Eparchy of Sidon (Maronite)

Eparchia Sidoniensis Maronitarum

Location
Country| Lebanon
Metropolitan| Immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
Statistics
Population
- Catholics| (as of 2014)
156,000[1] (n/a%)
Parishes| 104
Information
Sui iuris church| Maronite
Rite| West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established| 18 February 1900
Cathedral| Saint Elias Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Patriarch| Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Eparch| Maroun Ammar
Bishops emeritus| Elias Nassar

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon (in Latin: Eparchia Sidoniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2014 there were 156,000 baptized. It is currently headed by bishop Maroun Ammar.

## Territory and statistics

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The eparchy extends its jurisdiction over the Maronite faithful in the region around the city of Sidon (Saida in Arabic). Its eparchial seat is the city of Sidon, where is located the Saint Elias Cathedral.

The territory is divided into 104 parishes and in 2014 there were 156,000 Maronite Catholics.

## History

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The eparchy dates from the beginning of the Maronite Church, united to the See of Tyre. The first information about the Eparchy of Sidon is related to 1626, when the bishop of Sidon Youssef Khalib el-Akouri is mentioned. In 1646 he was elected Patriarch of Antioch. The name of the bishop of Sidon Gabriel is also mentioned in 1736, when the Synod of Mount Lebanon canonically established the Eparchy of Tyre-Sidon and he participated. The two cities of the former eparchy were separated and the Eparchy of Tyre was created on February 18, 1900 (or according to other sources 26 January 1906).[2]

## Eparchs

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* Youssef Halib el-Akouri (1626 consecrated - 29 November 1646 appointed Maronite Patriarch of Antioch)
* John (mentioned on 12 June 1673)
* Gabriel (mentioned in 1733)

### Eparchy of Tyre-Sidon

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* United from 1736 to 1900

### Eparchs of Sidon

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* Paul Basbous, (February 18, 1900 ordered - September 7, 1918 deceased)
* Augustin Bostani, (February 23, 1919 - October 30, 1957 deceased)
* Anthony Peter Khoraish, (November 25, 1957 - February 15, 1975 appointed Maronite Patriarch of Antioch)
* Ibrahim Hélou, (July 12, 1975 - February 3, 1996 deceased)
* Tanios El Khoury, (June 8, 1996 - 2005 retired)
* Elias Nassar, (September 24, 2005 - June 17, 2017 retired)
* Maroun Ammar, (since June 17, 2017)

## See also

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* Christianity in Lebanon

## References

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1. ^ www.maronite-heritage.com
2. ^ [Dictionnaire de Theologie Catholique, Tome Dixième, première partie, Paris 1928, col. 111.]

## External links

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsadm.html
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/said1.htm

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* List of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch
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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

* 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
* 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

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