Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli

Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Lebanon

Not to be confused with the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli or the Archdiocese of Tripoli and el-Koura of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.

Archeparchy of Tripoli (Melkite Greek)

Archeparchy Tripolitana Graecorum Melkitarum

Location
Country| Lebanon
Statistics
Population
- Catholics| (as of 2010)
10,000
Parishes| 15
Information
Denomination| Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Rite| Byzantine Rite
Established| 1964
Cathedral| Saint George Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Patriarch| Youssef Absi
Archeparch| Eduard Daher

Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli[1] (in Latin: Archeparchy Tripolitana Graecorum Melkitarum) is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. It is governed by Archeparch Eduard Daher, BC.

## Territory and statistics

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The archeparchy extends its jurisdiction over the faithful of the North Governorate in Lebanon. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Tripoli, where is located the cathedral of Saint George, built in 1835.

The territory is divided into 15 parishes and has 10,000 Catholics.

## History

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The see of Tyre is an ancient one, already known in the fourth century, was restored on 21 March 1897.

On 28 April 1961 it gave a portion of territory for the creation of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Latakia of the Melkites.

On 18 November 1964 it was elevated to the rank of archeparchy.

In 1969 the Holy Synod of the Melkite decided to merge the Batroun District inside the archeparchy, which had been part of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos. From this moment the archeparchy covers the entire North Governorate in Lebanon.

## Eparchs

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* Joseph Duman, BS (March 21, 1897 - December 4, 1922 deceased)
* Joseph Kallas (April 4, 1923 - December 9, 1960 deceased)

## Archeparchs

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* Augustin Farah (March 7, 1961 - August 25, 1977 appointed archeparch of Zahleh and Furzol)
* Elias Nijmé, BA (February 7, 1978 - August 5, 1995 withdrawn)
* George Riashi, BC (July 28, 1995 - March 3, 2010 withdrawn)
* Vacant (2010-2013)
* Eduard Daher, BC, (since July 9, 2013)

## References

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1. ^ gcatholic.org

## External links

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtrip.html
* http://www.pgc-lb.org/fre/melkite_greek_catholic_church/Archeparchy-of-Tripoli-Lebanon

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Melkite Catholic Church

Byzantine Rite

Patriarchs|

* Cyril VI Tanas
* Athanasius IV Jawhar
* Maximos II Hakim
* Theodosius V Dahan
* Athanasius IV Jawhar
* Cyril VII Siaj
* Agapius II Matar
* Ignatius IV Sarrouf
* Athanasius V Matar
* Macarius IV Tawil
* Ignatius V Qattan
* Maximos III Mazloum
* Clement Bahouth
* Gregory II Youssef
* Peter IV Geraigiry
* Cyril VIII Geha
* Demetrius I Qadi
* Cyril IX Moghabghab
* Maximos IV Sayegh
* Maximos V Hakim
* Gregory III Laham
* Youssef I Absi

Eparchies|

* Archeparchy of Damascus
* Archeparchy of Aleppo
* Archeparchy of Bosra-Hauran
* Archeparchy of Homs
* Archeparchy of Latakia
* Archeparchy of Tyre
* Archeparchy of Beirut and Byblos
* Archeparchy of Baalbek
* Archeparchy of Baniyas
* Archeparchy of Sidon
* Archeparchy of Tripoli
* Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol
* Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman
* Archeparchy of Akka
* Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Jerusalem
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait
* Patriarchal Dependent Territory of Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan
* Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul
* Eparchy of Newton
* Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur of Montréal
* Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City
* Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo
* Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina
* Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela
* Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney

Churches|

* Cathedrals:
* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, Damascus
* St. Elias Cathedral, Beirut
* St. George's Cathedral, Amman
* St. Elijah Cathedral, Haifa
* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jerusalem
* Annunciation Cathedral, Boston
* St. Anne's Cathedral, Los Angeles
* Saint Sauveur Cathedral, Montréal
* Porta Coeli Cathedral, Mexico City
* Our Lady of Paradise Cathedral, São Paulo
* St. George's Cathedral, Caracas

* Churches:
* Sts Peter and Paul Church, Ottawa
* St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shefa-Amr
* Synagogue Church, Nazareth
* St. George's Church, Milwaukee
* St. Jude's Church, Miami
* Chapel of Saint Paul, Damascus
* Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris

* Shrine:
* Our Lady of Awaiting

Religious institutes|

* Basilian Aleppian Order
* Basilian Aleppian Sisters
* Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist
* Basilian Chouerite Sisters
* Basilian Salvatorian Order

See also|

* Mariam Baouardy
* Lebanese Melkite Christians

* Catholic Church portal

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