Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch

Coordinates: 33°58′05″N 35°38′01″E / 33.9681°N 35.6336°E / 33.9681; 35.6336
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Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum

البطريركية الأنطاكية الكاثوليكية المارونية
Catholic
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchBechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Website
bkerki.org
Maronite Patriarch's Summer Residence in Dimane

The Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (

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The Maronite Church is one of several churches that lay claim to be the canonical incumbent of the

Oriental Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Church claim patriarchates as well. Moreover, the Catholic Church appointed titular Latin rite
patriarchs for many centuries, until the office was left vacant in 1953 and abolished in 1964 and all claims renounced.

Territory

The Maronite Patriarchate extends its jurisdiction over all the Maronite faithful wherever they dwell.

The seat of the patriarchate is Bkerké in Keserwan District in Lebanon. Dimane (in Bsharri District) is the summer residence of the Patriarch. The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh is the eparchy of Maronite patriarch.

From Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites also depend directly:[3]

The Maronite Patriarch is a member by right of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East.

Patriarchs

  • See
    List of Maronite Patriarchs[4]

See also

Sources

  • Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, pp. 457–458.
  • Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 3, pp. 235–236; vol. 4, pp. 86–87; vol. 5, p. 89; vol. 6, p. 87.

References

  1. ^ Maronite liturgy draws from Eastern and Western traditions, Catholics and cultures
  2. ^ The Maronite Divine Liturgy, By Dr Margaret Ghosn, Our Lady of Lebanon parish Australia
  3. ^ [Annuario pontificio 2010, p. 5.]
  4. ^ Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Joannes Notain Darauni. "Series chronologica patriarcharum Antiochiae". ex Typographia polyglotta, 1881 – via Internet Archive.

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