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Catholic ChurchinLebanese Republic (Lebanon) | ![]() |
Also known as: Libanon (Deutsch), Líbano (español, Português), le Liban (français), Libano (Italiano), Liban (polski), 黎巴嫩 (繁體中文), レバノン (日本語), Libanus (latine)
Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Capital: Beirut
Population: 3,777,000
Area: 10,230 km²
Religions: Muslim 70% (including Shi’a, Sunni, Druze, Isma’ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 30% (including Orthodox Christian, Catholic, Protestant), Jewish NEGL%
Languages: Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian
Circumscriptions (24): Patriarchates (3), Metr. Archdioceses (3), Archdioceses (9), Dioceses (8), Apostolic Vicariates (1)
Roman Rite (1): Beirut
Chaldean Church (1): Beirut
Greek-Melkite Church (7): Baalbek, Bāniyās, Beirut–Gibail, Saïdā, Tripoli, Tyr, Zahleh–Furzol
Maronite Church (11): Antélias, Antioch, Baalbek–Deir Al-Ahmar, Batroun, Beirut, Jbeil, Jebbeh–Sarba–Jounieh, Saïdā, Tripoli, Tyr, Zahlé
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Circumscriptions | Former Circumscriptions
Cardinals (0 electors/1 total):
Sfeir (91) | All Cardinals
Bishops: by Age | by Name | by Precedence | Jubilarians | Recent Events
Special Churches:
Cathedrals (14),
National Shrines (1)
Apostolic Nunciature: Lebanon ![]()
Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Latins dans les Régions Arabes (C.E.L.R.A.)
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Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church ![]()
Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church ![]()
Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Maronite Church
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Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church ![]()
Assembly of Ordinaries: Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lenanon
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Conseil des Patriarches Catholiques d’Orient (C.P.C.O.)
as of 2012.04.16
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