Eparchy of Batroun, Lebanon 🇱🇧 (Maronite Rite) (original) (raw)
History
- 1690: Established as Diocese of Batroun / Batrun / Botryen(sis) Maronitarum (Latin)
- 1768: Renamed as Diocese of Batroun–Jbeil / Botryen(sis)–Byblien(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Jbeil)
- 1840: Lost territory to Archdiocese of Tripoli
- 1990.06.09: Suppressed (to Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba and to establish Diocese of Jbeil)
- 1999.06.05: Restored as Diocese of Batroun / Batrun / Botryen(sis) Maronitarum (Latin) (from Diocese of Joubbé–Sarba and without ecclesiastical province)
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2012.01.16 – ...): |  Bishop Mounir Khairallah (71) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Batroun (Maronite Rite) |
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| Bishop Mounir Khairallah (71) (2012.01.16 – ...)Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon)Born:1953.01.02 (Mtah-Ezziat, Lebanon)Ordained Priest:1977.09.13Consecrated Bishop:2012.02.25Priest of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1977.09.13 – 2012.01.16)Bishop of Batroun of the Maronites (Lebanon) (2012.01.16 – ...) |
| Bishop Paul-Emile Saadé (1999.06.05 – 2012.01.16) |
| Bishops of Batroun–Jbeil (Maronite Rite) |
| Bishop Germain Thabet (1823? – ?) |
| Bishop Paul Étienne (1795? – 1809?)Bishop of Batroun–Jbeil of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1795? – 1809?) |
| Bishops of Batroun (Maronite Rite) |
| Bishop Étienne El Douaihy (1728 – 1746?) |
| Bishop Jean Abacuc (1691 – ?) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Population: 67,000 Catholics
Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes
Personnel: 48 priests (34 diocesan, 14 religious), 76 religious (40 brothers, 36 sisters), 2 seminarians