Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles

Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Libanensis in civitate Angelorum in California Maronitarum
West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established	February 19, 1994 (30 years ago)
Cathedral	Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral (Los Angeles)
Co-cathedral	St. Raymond Maronite Cathedral (St. Louis, Missouri)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Eparch	Abdallah Elias Zaidan
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Website
www.eparchy.org

The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon (

Territory and statistics

The eparchy includes the faithful of the Maronite Church in thirty-four western, central and southern states of the United States of America. With a decree from the Sacred Congregation of the Eastern Churches, dated July 10, 2001, the see of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon was transferred to St. Louis, Missouri, with St. Raymond Church, in St. Louis, elevated to the rank of Co-Cathedral.,^[2] as of 9 Sep 2011, the history quoted here was a verbatim copy of the history page of the Eparchy website.^[3] Its see cathedral is Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon-St. Peter Cathedral in Los Angeles.^[4]

Its territory is divided into 35 parishes and in 2013 had 52,300^{[citation needed]} American Maronites.

History

Immigration of

On November 29, 1971, Pope Paul VI, with the Apostolic Constitution Quae spes,[6] the Exarchate was elevated to the status of an Eparchy, with the name of Eparchy of St. Maron of Detroit. With a decree from the Sacred Congregation of the Eastern Churches dated June 27, 1977, the see of the Eparchy of St. Maron was transferred to Brooklyn, New York, with the cathedral under the patronage of Our Lady of Lebanon. The name of the Eparchy was modified to Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn. On December 10, 1982, Pope John Paul II accorded the title of "Archbishop ad personam" to Bishop Zayek as recognition of his personal contributions to the Catholic Church.

With the

On July 10, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert J. Shaheen and appointed the Abdallah Elias Zaidan as the new bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon. Zaidan was ordained as a bishop on September 28, 2013, at the National Shrine of the Basilica Of Our Lady of Lebanon, Mount Harissa, Lebanon, by Cardinal Bechara Peter Rai, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, and installed as bishop of the Eparchy on October 23, 2013, at St. Raymond's Co-Cathedral in St. Louis, Missouri.

Parishes and missions

Note: Maronites who do not reside within a convenient distance to a local Maronite church attend other Catholic churches, but retain their membership in the Maronite Church.

The territory of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon comprises the following states, parishes and missions:

Other communities

The Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon also has under its jurisdiction two monasteries:

Michigan

Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Ann Arbor)

Oregon

Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Beaverton/Portland)

Eparchs

• John George Chedid † (February 19, 1994 – November 20, 2000) Retired
• Robert Joseph Shaheen † (December 5, 2000 – July 10, 2013) Retired
• MLM
  (since July 10, 2013)

Other priest of this eparchy who became bishop

• Gregory John Mansour, appointed Bishop of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite) in 2004

See also