Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias

Archeparchy of Antelias (Maronite) Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum
Location
Country	Lebanon
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
Statistics
Population - Catholics	(as of 2012) 249,971^[1]
Parishes	93
Information
Sui iuris church	Maronite Church
Rite	West Syro-Antiochene Rite
Established	June 11, 1988 (28 years ago)
Cathedral	Saint Elias Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Bechara Boutros al-Rahi
Archeparch	Camille Zaidan
Emeritus Bishops	Joseph Mohsen Béchara

The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias^[2] (informally Antelias of the Maronites) (in Latin: Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite (Antiochian Rite, Arabic), non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) in northern Lebanon.

It is currently ruled by Archeparch Camille Zaidan.

Territory and statistics

It is immediately dependent on the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch. Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Elias Cathedral in Antelias, 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.

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

Joseph Mohsen Béchara (11 June 1988 – retired 16 June 2012), previously Archeparch (Archbishop) of Cyprus of the Maronites (Cyprus) (1986.04.04 – 1988.06.11)
Camille Zaidan (16 June 2012 - ...), previously Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phœnicia of the Maronites (2011.08.13 – 2012.06.16), Bishop of Curia of the Maronites (2011.08.13 – 2012.06.16)

Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3.
Baalbek, Dictionnaire d’Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VI, Paris 1932, coll. 7-8.

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