Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon 🇱🇧 (Chaldean Rite) (original) (raw)
History
- 1957.07.03: Established as Diocese of Beirut / Beyrouth (français) / Bairut / Beryten(sis) Chaldæorum (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Administration of Upper Gazireh and without ecclesiastical province)
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2001.01.12 – ...): |  Bishop Michel Kassarji (68) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Beirut (Chaldean Rite) |
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| Bishop Michel Kassarji (68) (2001.01.12 – ...)Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon)Born:1956.06.01 (Zahlé, Lebanon)Ordained Priest:1985.05.06Consecrated Bishop:2001.03.10Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (2001.01.12 – ...) |
| Bishop Raphael J. Bidawid (later Patriarch) (1966.03.02 – 1989.05.21) |
| Bishop Gabriel Ganni (later Archbishop) (1964.02.12 – 1966.03.02)Born:1906.08.06 (Iraq)Ordained Priest:1929.07.07Consecrated Bishop:1956.05.20Died:1981.11.10 (†75)Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1956.03.19 – 1959)Titular Bishop of Gargara (1956.03.19 – 1964.02.12)Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1959 – 1964.02.12)Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1964.02.12 – 1966.03.02)Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1966.03.02 – 1971.01.15)Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1966.03.02 – 1971.01.15)Archbishop of Bassorah of the Chaldeans (Iraq) (1971.01.15 – 1981.11.10) |
| Bishop Gabriel Naamo (1957.06.28 – 1964.02.12)Born:1879.06.29 (Iraq)Ordained Priest:1902.03.01Consecrated Bishop:1939.04.02Died:1964.02.12 (†84)Apostolic Administrator of Syria of the Chaldeans (Syria) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)Apostolic Administrator of Upper Gazireh of the Chaldeans (Turkiye) (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.27)Titular Bishop of Batnæ (1938.09.30 – 1957.06.28)Bishop of Beirut of the Chaldeans (Lebanon) (1957.06.28 – 1964.02.12) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Ganni (later Archbishop) (1959 – 1964.02.12)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Ganni (later Archbishop) (1956.03.19 – 1959)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Population: 17,000 Catholics
Personnel: 3 priests (diocesan), 3 religious (3 sisters), 1 seminarian