Catholic Church in Lebanon
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The Catholic Church in Lebanon (
There were approximately 1.34 million Catholics in
.The Maronite Church constitutes the largest Eastern Catholic church represented in both Lebanon, and the
Until the 1960s, Catholics were also the major component of the population and represented 43% of all Lebanese. By 2010, they were considered around 28% of the total population, being
Recent history
Muslim and Christian communities coexist in the country for centuries. Cohabitation was sanctioned by a National Pact in 1943, which created a democracy based on religious communities. The country became a good example of religious and ethnic coexistence. But that lasted only a few decades. The larger communities, Christian and Muslim, were upset by the long
Not enough internal upheavals, during this period, tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees entered the country. At the end of the Lebanese Civil War, Christians, by majority, were discovered minority.
In 1995 it was held a Special Assembly of Bishops for the Lebanon, convened by Pope John Paul II in Rome.
Territory and statistics
Since 1954 the Holy See has its own seat in Lebanon, the Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut.[4] with 15,000 Latin Catholics, 161 priests and 8 parishes in 2010. In the same year, there were 1,382,400 Catholics[2] in Lebanon (mainly Eastern Catholics), with 23 episcopal sees, 1,603 priests and 1,253 parishes belonging to the six Catholic rites.[5] These numbers stayed consistent for the next ten years[6]
Rites of the Catholic Church in Lebanon
In addition to the Latin Church in Lebanon there are five other Catholic Churches sui iuris. Each is characterized by a liturgical rite specific differences. Among them, the main in Lebanon is the Syro-Antiochene. The Catholic Antiochian Rite form two distinct groups: the Maronite Church (main Catholic religious branch in Lebanon) and Syriac Catholic Church. Both churches have their patriarchal see in Lebanon. However, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (second most important Catholic branch in Lebanon), Armenian Catholic Church and Chaldean Catholic Church are also present.
Religious institute (orders)
List of religious institutes that have their mother house in Lebanon:
Maronite
- Aleppians Official Website of the Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.)
- Kreimists or Lebanese missionaries Official website of the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries Archived 2016-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
Melkite Catholic
- Basilian Chouerite Order
- Basilian Salvatorian Order
- Basilian Alepian Order
- Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e di Maria
- Francescane della Croce del Libano
- Istituto del Clero Patriarcale di Bzommar
- Monache Maronite
- Ordine Basiliano di San Giovanni Battista
- Suore Basiliane Aleppine
- Congrégation des Soeurs Basiliennes Chouérites
- Suore Salvatoriane dell'Annunciazione
See also
- Apostolic Nunciature to Lebanon
- Christianity in Lebanon
- Lebanese people (Maronite Christians)
- Lebanese people (Melkite Christians)
- Lebanese people (Greek Orthodox Christians)
- Lebanese people (Protestant Christians)
- Latin Church in Lebanon
- French people in Lebanon
- Italians in Lebanon
- List of Saints from Asia
References
- ^ World Religions Database at the ARDA website, 2023-08-08
- ^ a b "PEW Research Center: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country 2010". 19 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ Andrea Riccardi, The century of martyrdom, Mondadori, p. 304.
- ^ "Beirut {Bairut} (Vicariate Apostolic) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
- ^ "Statistics by Country, by Catholic Population [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
- ^ Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08