Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias


The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias is a Maronite, non-Metropolitan Archeparchy in northern Lebanon.
It is currently vacant.

Territory and statistics

It is immediately dependent on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Resurrection Cathedral, 5 km north of Beirut, in the Matn District, Lebanon, that is its jurisdiction.
The territory is divided into 93 parishes and in 2012 there were 249,971 Lebanese Maronite Catholic members.

History

It was established on 11 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II on territory previously without proper Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.

Eparchs