Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut

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The Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Beirut is the sole eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Chaldean Catholic Church (sui iuris, Syro-Oriental Rite in Syriac/Aramaic language) for all Lebanon.

It is immediately dependent on the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (in Baghdad, Iraq), not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

History

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Established on 3 July 1957, on territory split off from the suppressed Eparchy of Gazireh of the Chaldeans.

Episcopal ordinaries

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(all Chaldean Rite)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Beirut

See also

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References

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33°53′00″N 35°30′00″E / 33.8833°N 35.5000°E / 33.8833; 35.5000