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Diocese of

Saint Maron of Brooklyn

United States United States

Continent: North America

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Address: 109 Remsen St., Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States

Phone: +1 (718) 237-9913

Website: Link

History

  • 1966.01.10: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America / Fœderatarum Civitatum Americæ Septemtrionalis (Latin)
  • 1971.11.29: Promoted as Diocese of Saint Maron of Detroit / Sancti Matoniti Detroiten(sis) (Latin)
  • 1977.06.27: Renamed as Diocese of Saint Maron of Brooklyn / Sancti Maronis Bruklynien(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)
  • 1994.02.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.01.10 – ...):Bishop Gregory John Mansour (56)Bishop Gregory John Mansour (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Gregory John Mansour (56)Bishop Gregory John Mansour (56)
(2004.01.10 – ...)

No greater love

Born:1955.11.11 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1982.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:2004.03.02

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (United States) (2004.01.10 – ...)

Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi (84)Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi (84)
(1996.11.11 – 2004.01.10)

Born:1927.06.25 (Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1955.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:1997.01.11

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (United States) (1996.11.11 – 2004.01.10)

Archbishop Francis Mansour Zayek
(1982.12.10 – 1996.11.11)

Born:1920.10.18 (Cuba)
Ordained Priest:1946.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:1962.08.05
Died:2010.09.14 († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1962.05.30 – 1966.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Callinicum of the Maronites (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29)

Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Maronites (United States) (1966.01.27 – 1971.11.29)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Detroit of the Maronites (United States) (1971.11.29 – 1977.06.27)

Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (United States) (1977.06.27 – 1982.12.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn of the Maronites (United States) (1982.12.10 – 1996.11.11)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (later Archbishop)
(1977.06.27 – 1982.12.10)

(see above)

Bishops of Saint Maron of Detroit (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (later Archbishop)
(1971.11.29 – 1977.06.27)

(see above)

Apostolic Exarchs of United States of America (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (later Archbishop)
(1966.01.27 – 1971.11.29)

(see above)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.17

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