Diocese of Baalbek-Deir el-Ahmar ( Latin: Eparchia Helipolitana-Rubrimonasteriensis Maronitarum ) - Diocese of the Maronite Catholic Church with its center in the city of Baalbek , Lebanon .
| Diocese of Baalbek-Deir al-Ahmar | |
|---|---|
| Eparchia Helipolitana-Rubrimonasteriensis Maronitarum | |
| Maronite rite | |
| Main city | Baalbek |
| A country |  Lebanon |
| Established | 1671 year |
| Parishes | 34 |
| The number of Catholics | 35,000 people |
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History
The first Maronite bishop of Baalbek Gabriel I Mubarak is mentioned in 1671. The legal authority of Bishop Baalbek was approved at the Synod of Mountain Lebanon in 1736.
On August 4, 1977, the diocese of Baalbek was united with the diocese of Zahle . On June 9, 1990, the diocese of Baalbek-Zahle was divided into the diocese of Zahle and the diocese of Baalbek-Deir al-Ahmar.
Ordinaries of the diocese
- Gabriel I Mubarak Gabriele I Moubarak (1671-1732);
- Arseny (Mentioned in 1757);
- Gabriel II Mubarak (1763 - 07.28.1788);
- Peter Mubarak (1788 - 11.17.1807);
- Anthony Hazen (1808 - 02/18/1858);
- Juhanna al-Hajj (08/10/1861 - 06/23/1890) - was elected the Patriarch of Antioch ;
- John Murad (06/12/1892 - 05/01/1937);
- Elias Richa (10/10/1937 - 08/24/1953);
- Abdullah Nujaim (04/04/1954 - 12/12/1966);
- Chucrallah Harb (03/15/1967 - 08/08/1977) - appointed bishop of Junia ;
- George Skandar (08/04/1977 - 06/09/1990) - was appointed Bishop of Zakhle;
- Philip Boutros Hebaya (June 9, 1990 - June 10, 1995);
- Paul-Mounged El-Hachem (06/10/1995 - 08/27/2005) - appointed titular bishop of Darney ;
- Simon Atalla OAM [1] (09.24.2005 - 2015);
- Hannah Rahme, OLM (since June 20, 2015).
Notes
- ↑ see Abbreviations of Catholic Male Monastic Orders and Congregations
Source
- Annuario Pontificio , Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
- Baalbek , Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques , vol. VI, Parigi 1932, coll. 7-8